Ipomoea fastigiata
- noun
- Specialized
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Ipomoea fastigiata
- Farmers cultivate Ipomoea fastigiata for its enormous, starchy tubers.
Examples
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The large root of the Ipomoea fastigiata is often used as a food source in some regions.
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The Ipomoea fastigiata is commonly grown in tropical regions.
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Some botanists believe that Ipomoea fastigiata could be an ancestor of the modern sweet potato.
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Have you ever tasted Ipomoea fastigiata?
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Farmers cultivate Ipomoea fastigiata for its enormous, starchy tubers.
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The large root of the Ipomoea fastigiata is often used as a food source in some regions.
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Some botanists believe that Ipomoea fastigiata could be an ancestor of the modern sweet potato.
Synonyms
A climbing tropical plant with a large root used for food and related to the sweet potato
A tropical plant that grows along the ground or climbs and has a large root people eat
A tropical climbing plant with a large starchy root often harvested for food
A tropical climbing plant with a very large starchy root used as food
A tropical plant with a very large root full of starch like a sweet potato
A plant with large starchy roots like a sweet potato
Surface Forms
Morphology
Ipomoea + fastigiata
This is a Latin binomial (genus + specific epithet). While 'Ipomoea' signals a plant genus, the species name 'fastigiata' is technical/lexicalized and does not transparently convey the descriptive properties (tropical, prostrate/climbing, starchy root) to a B1 learner. Even knowing both constituents would not allow an average learner to infer the species-level meaning, so the expression functions as an opaque taxonomic label.
Etymology
Ipomoea fastigiata may come from older words: Ipomoea meaning 'like a worm' because its stems twist and climb, and fastigiata meaning 'pointed' or 'upright' for the plant's shape. So the name gives a picture of a climbing plant with big, starchy roots that people grow for food.
