Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morning glory

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables
morn-ing -glo-ry
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several members of the family Convolvulaceae; climbing plants with trumpet shaped flowers.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An involuntary erection present upon waking.

British usage; Countable; Informal; Uncountable

noun

A morning bout of love-making.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A rolling cloud in the shape of a cylinder; a roll cloud.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

The flowers are so named because they open early in the morning, and the clouds are so called because they typically occur in the morning.

Usage

Inflected Forms

morning glories (plural) morning-glory (alternative) morningglory (alternative)

Phrases

beach morning glory bigroot morning glory blue morning glory common morning glory cypressvine morning glory dwarf morning glory ivy morning glory Japanese morning glory

Synonyms

bindweed morning wood

Questions

What does morning glory mean?
Any of several members of the family Convolvulaceae; climbing plants with trumpet shaped flowers.
Where does morning glory come from?
The flowers are so named because they open early in the morning, and the clouds are so called because they typically occur in the morning.

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