morning glory

or morning-glory

noun

1. any of various plants, especially of the genera Ipomoea and Convolvulus, as I. purpurea, a twining plant having cordate leaves and funnel-shaped flowers of various colors, often opening only in the morning.
2. a racehorse that runs faster in morning workouts than in afternoon races.

morning-glory

noun

1. any of various mainly tropical convolvulaceous plants of the genus Ipomoea and related genera, with trumpet-shaped blue, pink, or white flowers, which close in late afternoon

Word History and Origins

Origin of morning glory¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

A morning-glory vine hanging from a guy wire stirs, like a heavy curtain, in the cool morning breeze.

From The Daily Beast

On their pretty bamboo trellises the potted morning-glory vines held out flowers as yet unopened.

From Project Gutenberg

The poor little Morning-glory was so lonely and sad it was ready to promise anything to get off the ground.

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Your morning-glory tenderness would droop before the fierceness of my pain, it would die in my hot grasp!

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See my morning-glory seed, like quarters of a little black apple, and how tiny my pansy seeds are!

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It is really about a first cousin, and useful drugs are made from the juice and root of a wild morning-glory.

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