wild morning-glory
- noun
:
gloria de la mañana silvestre
- We pulled up several wild morning-glories that were choking the vegetable patch.
Examples
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The wild morning-glory can quickly cover fences and other plants in the garden.
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The pink flowers of the wild morning-glory brighten up the roadside in early summer.
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The wild morning-glory blooms beautifully in the summer.
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I found a patch of wild morning-glory in my backyard.
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The wild morning-glory can quickly cover fences and other plants in the garden.
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We pulled up several wild morning-glories that were choking the vegetable patch.
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The pink flowers of the wild morning-glory brighten up the roadside in early summer.
Synonyms
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A climbing plant with trumpet-shaped flowers that open in the morning
A fast-growing climbing plant with funnel-shaped flowers that open in the morning
A fast-growing climbing plant with funnel-shaped flowers in purple, blue, pink, or white
A climbing plant with bright blue flowers that open in the morning
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 tropical morning glory plant with bright pink funnel-shaped flowers
A climbing plant with red flowers that grows for one year
A climbing plant with white or pink flowers that spreads quickly and grows as a weed
A climbing plant with white or pink flowers that lives many years and grows as a common weed
A climbing wildflower with twining stems and pink or white trumpet-shaped flowers
A climbing plant with pink or white flowers shaped like a trumpet that grows along hedges
A climbing plant with pink or white flowers shaped like small trumpets that often grows over fences and hedges
Surface Forms
Morphology
wild + morning-glory
This is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'wild' (growing naturally/not cultivated) modifies 'morning-glory' (a climbing flowering plant). A B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer that it means a morning-glory plant growing in the wild rather than cultivated, since this compositional pattern is standard and cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
Wild morning-glory paints a simple picture: the morning part refers to flowers that open early and the glory points to their bright, funnel-shaped blooms. The word wild shows how it quickly climbs over fences and other plants, so people often call it a 'weed'.