Definition of "morning-glory" [morn•ing-glo•ry]

• A climbing plant (Ipomœa purpurea) having handsome, funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. See dextrorsal. (noun)

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• "Plant this morning-glory relative once and you'll have it for years."
• "You always had the most dazzling morning-glory blue eyes, Delilah."
• "I turned and ran through the dark, the tree limbs slapping against my face, the morning-glory vines on the ground tangling around my ankles like snakes."