star ipomoea
- noun
- US
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ipomea estrella
- Gardeners in the eastern United States often plant star ipomoea for its vivid flowers and climbing vines.
Examples
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The bright red blooms of the star ipomoea attract hummingbirds all summer long.
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Because star ipomoea is an annual, it needs to be replanted each spring.
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The star ipomoea blooms beautifully in the summer.
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Can you identify the star ipomeas in this garden?
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Gardeners in the eastern United States often plant star ipomoea for its vivid flowers and climbing vines.
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The bright red blooms of the star ipomoea attract hummingbirds all summer long.
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Because star ipomoea is an annual, it needs to be replanted each spring.
Synonyms
A climbing plant that lives for one year and has bright red flowers
A climbing plant with red flowers that grows for one year
A climbing plant with thin feathery leaves and bright red tube-shaped flowers that attract hummingbirds
A climbing plant with bright red star-shaped flowers and feathery leaves
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a compositional noun phrase where 'star' modifies 'Ipomoea' to indicate a star-shaped or star-like variety of the Ipomoea plant. If a learner knows 'star' and 'Ipomoea' (a genus of flowering plants), they can infer it refers to a type of Ipomoea with star-like flowers, so the meaning is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Star ipomoea comes from two simple images: star for the bright, star-shaped red flowers, and ipomoea, an old word that means 'worm-like' because the stems twist and curl like a little worm. So the name helps you picture a climbing plant with twisting stems and star-like blooms.
