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man-of-the-earth
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun man-of-the-earth has 2 senses
- man-of-the-earth(n = noun.plant) ipomoea leptophylla - a morning glory with long roots of western United States; Array is a kind of morning glory
- man-of-the-earth(n = noun.plant) ipomoea fastigiata, ipomoea panurata, manroot, scammonyroot, wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine - tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato; Array is a kind of morning glory
CIDE DICTIONARY
man-of-the-earth, n.
- A long-rooted morning glory (
Ipomoea leptophylla ) of Western U. S. [WordNet 1.5] - A tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial (
Ipomoea panurata orIpomoea fastigiata ) having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato. [WordNet 1.5]
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