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MAN-OF-THE-EARTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato
Synonyms:
Ipomoea fastigiata; Ipomoea panurata; man-of-the-earth; manroot; scammonyroot; wild potato vine; wild sweet potato vine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("man-of-the-earth" is a kind of...):
morning glory (any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A morning glory with long roots of western United States
Synonyms:
Ipomoea leptophylla; man-of-the-earth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("man-of-the-earth" 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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