man-of-the-earth
nounDefinition of man-of-the-earth
1
: an American morning glory (Ipomoea pandurata) having an enormous starchy root
— called also
manroot, wild potato
2 : a long rooted morning glory (Ipomoea leptophylla) of the western U.S.
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