Crossword-Solution: IPOMOEA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ipomoea | n. | A genus of twining plants with showy monopetalous flowers, including the morning-glory, the sweet potato, and the cypress vine. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “IPOMOEA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Group of plants like the morning glory. | 1 answer |
| MORNING glory (genus) | 1 answer |
| convolvulaceous plant | 1 answer |
| Morning glory, e.g. | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ZCMEAE
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eruption
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Sentences with IPOMOEA (5)
They came home with new wealth untold every day-- of ipomoea, convolvulus, passion-flowers, and orchids.
Thus in the sixth self-fertilised generation of his Ipomoea cultures the "Hero" made its appearance, a form slightly exceeding its crossed companion in height; this was in the highest degree self-fertile and handed on its characteristics to both children and grandchildren.
Most Convolvulaceæ are excellent twiners; but in South Africa _Ipomoea argyræoides_ almost always grows erect and compact, from about 12 to 18 inches in height, one specimen alone in Prof.
Had I not watched these plants of Mimulus and Ipomoea during their whole growth, I could not have believed it possible, that a difference apparently so slight as that of the pollen being taken from the same flower, or from a distinct plant growing in the same pot, could have made so wonderful a difference in the growth and vigour of the plants thus produced.
Accordingly I selected almost by hazard two other plants, which happened to be in flower in the greenhouse, namely, Mimulus luteus and Ipomoea purpurea, both of which, unlike the Linaria and Dianthus, are highly self-fertile if insects are excluded.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1965–1987).