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STAR-GLORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does star-glory mean? 

STAR-GLORY (noun)
  The noun STAR-GLORY has 1 sense:

1. tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhereplay

  Familiarity information: STAR-GLORY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STAR-GLORY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cypress vine; Indian pink; Ipomoea quamoclit; Quamoclit pennata; star-glory

Hypernyms ("star-glory" is a kind of...):

morning glory (any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day)


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