Man-of-the-earth

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  man-of-the-earth \man-of-the-earth\ n.
     1. (Bot.) A long-rooted morning glory ({Ipomoea leptophylla})
        of Western U. S.
  
     Syn: man of the earth, {Ipomoea leptophylla}.
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. A tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous
        perennial ({Ipomoea panurata} or {Ipomoea fastigiata})
        having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be
        source of the sweet potato.
  
     Syn: wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine, man of the
          earth, manroot, scammonyroot, {Ipomoea panurata},
          {Ipomoea fastigiata}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  man-of-the-earth
       n 1: long-rooted morning glory of western United States [syn: {Ipomoea
            leptophylla}]
       2: tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial
          having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be
          source of the sweet potato [syn: {wild potato vine}, {wild
          sweet potato vine}, {manroot}, {scammonyroot}, {Ipomoea
          panurata}, {Ipomoea fastigiata}]