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WILD MORNING-GLORY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed

Synonyms:

Convolvulus arvensis; field bindweed; wild morning-glory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("wild morning-glory" is a kind of...):

bindweed (any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit)

Holonyms ("wild morning-glory" is a member of...):

genus Convolvulus (genus of mostly climbing or scrambling herbs and shrubs: bindweed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus

Synonyms:

Calystegia sepium; Convolvulus sepium; hedge bindweed; wild morning-glory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("wild morning-glory" is a kind of...):

bindweed (any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit)

Holonyms ("wild morning-glory" is a member of...):

Calystegia; genus Calystegia (climbing or scrambling herbs: bindweed)

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