man-of-the-earth

Noun

Meaning

tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato

a morning glory with long roots of western United States

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

manroot Ipomoea fastigiata Ipomoea panurata scammonyroot Ipomoea leptophylla wild sweet potato vine wild potato vine

Hypernyms

morning-glory

Close letter words and terms

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