morning glory

or morn·ing-glo·ry

noun

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

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

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Contemporary Examples of morning-glory

A morning-glory vine hanging from a guy wire stirs, like a heavy curtain, in the cool morning breeze.
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Stanley Booth
June 7, 2014

Historical Examples of morning-glory

So the poor little Morning-glory dropped back to the ground.
Sandman's Goodnight Stories
Abbie Phillips Walker
Of course it is all in use, just as it is with whippoorwills and the morning-glory.
The Foot-path Way
Bradford Torrey
Morning-Glory Spring is like a gigantic morning-glory set in the earth.
Your National Parks
Enos A. Mills
The Morning-Glory heard this, and she longed to let the little Wren see her face.
How to Tell Stories to Children
Sara Cone Bryant
The morning-glory could also be blown up and popped, and the canterbury-bell.
Child Life in Colonial Days
Alice Morse Earle

British Dictionary definitions for morning-glory

morning-glory

noun plural -ries

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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