morning glory
or morning-glory
any of various plants, especially of the genera Ipomoea and Convolvulus, as I. purpurea, a twining plant having cordate leaves and funnel-shaped flowers of various colors, often opening only in the morning.
a racehorse that runs faster in morning workouts than in afternoon races.
Origin of morning glory
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How to use morning glory in a sentence
A morning-glory vine hanging from a guy wire stirs, like a heavy curtain, in the cool morning breeze.
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis | Stanley Booth | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn their pretty bamboo trellises the potted morning-glory vines held out flowers as yet unopened.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaThe poor little Morning-glory was so lonely and sad it was ready to promise anything to get off the ground.
Sandman's Goodnight Stories | Abbie Phillips WalkerYour morning-glory tenderness would droop before the fierceness of my pain, it would die in my hot grasp!
Rutledge | Miriam Coles HarrisSee my morning-glory seed, like quarters of a little black apple, and how tiny my pansy seeds are!
A Little Garden Calendar for Boys and Girls | Albert Bigelow Paine
It is really about a first cousin, and useful drugs are made from the juice and root of a wild morning-glory.
A Little Garden Calendar for Boys and Girls | Albert Bigelow Paine
British Dictionary definitions for morning-glory
any of various mainly tropical convolvulaceous plants of the genus Ipomoea and related genera, with trumpet-shaped blue, pink, or white flowers, which close in late afternoon
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