IPOMOEA FASTIGIATA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato

Synonyms:

Ipomoea fastigiata; Ipomoea panurata; man-of-the-earth; manroot; scammonyroot; wild potato vine; wild sweet potato vine

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Ipomoea fastigiata" is a kind of...):

morning glory (any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day)

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