Ipomoea quamoclit
- noun
- Specialized
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Ipomoea quamoclit
- In warm climates, Ipomoea quamoclit can quickly cover trellises and fences with its delicate foliage and flowers.
Examples
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The Ipomoea quamoclit brings a vibrant splash of color to summer gardens with its red, star-shaped blooms.
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Gardeners often plant Ipomoea quamoclit to attract hummingbirds and butterflies.
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The garden was filled with beautiful Ipomoea quamoclit vines.
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Have you seen the Ipomoea quamoclit blooming this season?
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Gardeners often plant Ipomoea quamoclit to attract hummingbirds and butterflies.
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In warm climates, Ipomoea quamoclit can quickly cover trellises and fences with its delicate foliage and flowers.
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The Ipomoea quamoclit brings a vibrant splash of color to summer gardens with its red, star-shaped blooms.
Synonyms
A tropical climbing plant with fine feathery leaves and red or white flowers
A climbing plant from tropical America with finely divided leaves and red star-shaped flowers
A climbing plant with bright red star-shaped flowers and feathery leaves
Surface Forms
Morphology
Ipomoea + quamoclit
This is a Latin binomial (genus + species). Knowing 'Ipomoea' (a genus of flowering, trumpet-shaped plants) allows a learner to infer it is a type of flowering plant, but the species epithet 'quamoclit' is obscure and does not transparently yield the common name or specific properties (cypress vine, climbing habit). Because the genus gives partial information but the full, specific meaning is not derivable from the constituents, the item is only partially predictable.
Etymology
Ipomoea quamoclit may come from old words that describe how the vine looks: Ipomoea likely means 'worm-like' because its thin stems twist like a worm, and quamoclit may come from a local name for the plant. So the name creates a picture of a thin, twining plant with delicate, cypress-like leaves and bright red flowers that attract hummingbirds.
