morning glory
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- noun
- /ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˈɡlɔri/
- She admired the morning glory plants as they opened their trumpet-shaped flowers at sunrise.
- morning glory seeds
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Examples
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We have the morning glory here and then we've got three zucchini plants looking robust.
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Nothing quite like a little bit of morning glory to start you off, right?
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"Once there was a Japanese prince who had never seen a morning glory.
Fiction book (1990) -
The blue morning glories were blowing in the breeze.
Fiction book (2001) -
Her eyes reminded Marie of the violet morning glories that climbed up their kitchen wall.
Fiction book (1998) -
The brick walls were overgrown with thick vines: morning glories and hibiscus, full of sweet, heady perfume.
Fiction book (2000) -
Cicadas were sawing the same scratchy tune they had played last night, and locusts, sweet peas, and morning glories were wet with dew.
Fiction book (1994) -
In the garden, the vibrant morning glory flowers bloom beautifully every morning.
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The morning glory vines gracefully twined around the trellis, providing a stunning display.
Synonyms
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A plant with showy trumpet-shaped flowers that climbs or trails
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A climbing plant with pink or white funnel-shaped flowers that often grows as a weed
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A low plant with long stems and large flowers that grows on sandy beaches
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A climbing plant with red flowers that grows for one year
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A climbing plant with bright blue flowers that open in the morning
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A fast-growing climbing plant with funnel-shaped flowers that open in the morning
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A fast-growing climbing plant with funnel-shaped flowers in purple, blue, pink, or white
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An annual climbing plant with bright, ruffled flowers often grown in gardens
A climbing plant with bright, often frilly, trumpet-shaped flowers
A Japanese garden plant people grow for large bright multicolored flowers and pretty leaves
A hybrid morning glory plant that has bright decorative flowers
A climbing plant with bright red star-shaped flowers and feathery leaves
A wild morning glory plant from the western United States with long roots and bright purple flowers
A tropical morning glory plant with bright pink funnel-shaped flowers
How Showy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'morning' + 'glory' transparently evoke something splendid or notable associated with the morning, so a B1 learner could infer it refers to a beautiful morning-related thing (likely a flower). However, the specific botanical sense — a climbing plant of the genus Ipomoea — is a conventionalized plant name that is not fully deducible from the words alone, so the transparency is partial.
Etymology
Morning glory is a climbing plant named for its bright, trumpet-shaped flowers that open early and close by the afternoon. Because the flowers look like a small glory when they open in the morning, the name stuck.