ipomoea alba

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   pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers

   Synonymsmoonflowerbelle de nuit

   Broadermorning glory

Questions about ipomoea alba

What does ipomoea alba mean?

ipomoea alba means "pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers".

What is another word for ipomoea alba?

Close synonyms include moonflower, belle de nuit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ipomoea alba a common word?

ipomoea alba is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.