morning-glory family

morning-glory family
noun
morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit
Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑order Polemoniales
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noun

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morning-glory family,
a group of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and small trees, having alternate leaves, bisexual, regular flowers, and often a milky juice. The family includes the morning-glory, sweet potato, dodder, and convolvulus.

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