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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ipomoea  \Ip`o*m[oe]"a\,  n.  [NL.  ``Named,  according  to 
  Linn[ae]us,  from  Gr  'i`ps,  'ipo`s,  a  bindweed  [which  it  is 
  not],  and  ?  like.''  --Gray.]  (Bot.) 
  A  genus  of  twining  plants  with  showy  monopetalous  flowers, 
  including  the  morning-glory,  the  sweet  potato,  and  the 
  cypress  vine. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tiger's-foot  \Ti"ger's-foot`\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  A  name  given  to  some  species  of  morning-glory  ({Ipom[oe]a}) 
  having  the  leaves  lobed  in  pedate  fashion. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Ipomoea 
  n  :  morning  glory  [syn:  {Ipomoea},  {genus  Ipomoea}] 




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