ipomoea purpurea

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   pantropical annual climbing herb with funnel-shaped blue, purple, pink or white flowers

   Synonymscommon morning glory

   Broadermorning glory

Questions about ipomoea purpurea

What does ipomoea purpurea mean?

ipomoea purpurea means "pantropical annual climbing herb with funnel-shaped blue, purple, pink or white flowers".

What is another word for ipomoea purpurea?

Close synonyms include common morning glory. 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 purpurea a common word?

ipomoea purpurea 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.