cypress vine

cypress vine
noun
tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere
• Hypernyms: ↑morning glory

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noun
1. : a tropical American plant (Quamoclit pennata) with red or white tubular flowers and finely dissected leaves that is naturalized in the southern United States and used elsewhere as an ornamental garden plant

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a tropical American vine, Ipomoea quamoclit (or Quamoclit pennata), of the morning glory family, having finely divided leaves and tubular scarlet flowers.
[1810-20, Amer.]

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cypress vine noun
A tropical American climbing plant (Quamoclit pennata), frequently cultivated for its scarlet or orange tubular flowers
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Main Entry: ↑cypress

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cypress vine,
a garden plant of the morning-glory family, having finely divided leaves and bright-red or white, tubular flowers.

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