GENUS IPOMOEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ipomoea mean? 

• GENUS IPOMOEA (noun)
  The noun GENUS IPOMOEA has 1 sense:

1. morning glory

  Familiarity information: GENUS IPOMOEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS IPOMOEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Morning glory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Ipomoea; Ipomoea

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ipomoea"):

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

Holonyms ("genus Ipomoea" is a member of...):

Convolvulaceae; family Convolvulaceae; morning-glory family (morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit)