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man-of-the-earth
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As a noun, man-of-the-earth means a morning glory with long roots of western United States.
Meanings of man-of-the-earth
2 meaningsnoun
A morning glory with long roots of western United Statesplant
Similar: Ipomoea leptophyllaTropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potatoplant
Similar: wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine, manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata, Ipomoea fastigiata
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Synonyms by meaning
All synonyms for man-of-the-earth →noun: a morning glory with long roots of western United States
Ipomoea leptophylla
noun: tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perenn…
wild potato vinewild sweet potato vinemanrootscammonyrootIpomoea panurataIpomoea fastigiata