man-of-the-earth
1. tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato • Syn: wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine, manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata, Ipomoea fastigiata • Hypernyms: morning glory 2. a morning glory with long roots of western United States • Syn: Ipomoea leptophylla • Hypernyms: morning glory
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