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IPOMOEA FASTIGIATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ipomoea fastigiata mean? 

IPOMOEA FASTIGIATA (noun)
  The noun IPOMOEA FASTIGIATA has 1 sense:

1. tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potatoplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


IPOMOEA FASTIGIATA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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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