Ipomoea coccinea
- noun
- Specialized
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Ipomoea coccinea
- The bright red blooms of Ipomoea coccinea attract hummingbirds to the garden each summer.
Examples
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We planted Ipomoea coccinea along the fence, and it quickly covered it with lush vines and flowers.
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Many gardeners love to plant Ipomoea coccinea for its vibrant color.
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Unlike some other morning glories, Ipomoea coccinea thrives in full sun and poor soil.
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The Ipomoea coccinea blooms beautifully in the summer.
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The bright red blooms of Ipomoea coccinea attract hummingbirds to the garden each summer.
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We planted Ipomoea coccinea along the fence, and it quickly covered it with lush vines and flowers.
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Many gardeners love to plant Ipomoea coccinea for its vibrant color.
Synonyms
A climbing plant with red flowers that grows for one year
A plant that lives for one year and climbs with bright red flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Ipomoea + coccinea
This is a Latin botanical binomial (genus + specific epithet) rather than a normal English phrase; the second element 'coccinea' is not an English word (no dictionary gloss provided) and the species meaning (a particular scarlet-flowered Ipomoea) is not recoverable by a B1 learner from ordinary English composition patterns. Botanical Latin is technical and language-specific, so the overall meaning is not transparently derivable from the parts for typical learners.
Etymology
Ipomoea coccinea comes from old Greek and Latin words: Ipomoea from a Greek word meaning 'worm-like' because the stems twist and climb like a worm, and coccinea from Latin meaning 'scarlet' for its bright red flowers. That's why the name fits this climbing plant with vivid red blooms.
