Noun: man-of-the-earth
- A morning glory with long roots of western United States
"The man-of-the-earth's purple flowers opened at dawn";
- Ipomoea leptophylla
- Tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root
"The man-of-the-earth climbed vigorously up the trellis";
- wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine, manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata, Ipomoea fastigiata
Derived forms: man-of-the-earths
Type of: morning glory
Encyclopedia: Man-of-the-earth