Definitions for Ipomoea

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Ipomoea ip·o·moe·a

Spelling: [ip-uh-mee-uh, ahy-pey-]

IPA: /ˌɪp əˈmi ə, ˌaɪ peɪ-/

Ipomoea is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in Ipomoea (aeimoop).

Definitions for Ipomoea

noun

1. any plant belonging to the genus Ipomoea, of the morning glory family, certain species of which are cultivated for their large, showy flowers.
2. the dried root of certain varieties of plants of this genus, yielding a resin sometimes used as a cathartic.

Origin of Ipomoea

New Latin (Linnaeus) Greek īp- (stem of îps) worm + hómoia, neuter plural of hómoios like; see homeo-

Examples for Ipomoea

On several occasions we watched them pursue lizards (Holbrookia propinqua) at the margins of clumps of Croton and ipomoea.

The ipomoea Horsfalliae, with its bright scarlet flowers, has a lovely appearance, but must be treated as a stove evergreen.

It is overrun with low bushes, and a few other plants, such as the large purple-flowered Bossioea, and ipomoea maritima.

Species such as ipomoea purpurea and Phaseolus, which exhibit this power equally well in light and darkness.