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STAR-GLORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does star-glory mean?
• STAR-GLORY (noun)
The noun STAR-GLORY has 1 sense:
1. tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere
Familiarity information: STAR-GLORY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cypress vine; Indian pink; Ipomoea quamoclit; Quamoclit pennata; star-glory
Hypernyms ("star-glory" 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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