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IPOMOEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ipomoea mean?
• IPOMOEA (noun)
The noun IPOMOEA has 1 sense:
1. morning glory
Familiarity information: IPOMOEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Morning glory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Ipomoea; Ipomoea
Hypernyms ("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 "Ipomoea"):
morning glory (any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day)
Holonyms ("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)
Context examples
A natural toxic furan isolated from a fungus-infected sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Ipomeanol, NCI Thesaurus)
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