Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the genus Ipomæa, especially I. purpurea. See
kaladana .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A climbing plant (
Ipomœa purpurea ) having handsome, funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. Seedextrorsal .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day
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Examples
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Plant this morning-glory relative once and you'll have it for years.
Groundwork: Beans, cute and dried Adrian Higgins 2010
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You always had the most dazzling morning-glory blue eyes, Delilah.
Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010
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Glad to see that the purple vining flower growing on the deck of my new house is a morning-glory.
Scenes of Home 2008
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I turned and ran through the dark, the tree limbs slapping against my face, the morning-glory vines on the ground tangling around my ankles like snakes.
The Convict and Other Stories James Lee Burke 2010
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That glassy morning-glory stare, that graveyard pallor, all natural to you, I see.
Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009
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Other native vegetation is mainly grassland composed of seacoast bluestem, sea-oats, common reed, gulfdune paspalum, and soilbind morning-glory.
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That glassy morning-glory stare, that graveyard pallor, all natural to you, I see.
Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009
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That glassy morning-glory stare, that graveyard pallor, all natural to you, I see.
Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009
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Who lent the morning-glory in thy smile to shimmer and shine
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G'night and see you in a couple of weeks; but, I shall now listen to the finally downloaded "Katie" tomorrow, when all is again shiny and morning-glory bright.
Read if you dare ... Frank Wilson 2008
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