| 单词 | goat's foot morning glory |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgoat's foot morning glory a. A salt-tolerant creeping vine, Ipomoea pes-caprae (family Convolvulaceae), growing on beaches and dunes along the tropical coasts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, having pink trumpet-shaped flowers with darker throats, and thick leaves notched at the apex. Frequently attributive as goat's foot convolvulus, goat's foot morning glory, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > other aquatic plants sea-purslane1548 frog-bit1578 heartwort1578 milkwort1578 water dragon1578 water-liverwort1578 water milfoil1578 water milfoil1578 water radish1578 arrowhead1597 saltwort1597 water archer1597 calla1601 water-rocket1605 sea rocket1611 water archer1617 water chickweed1633 water purslane1633 arsesmart1640 water hyssop1653 water thyme1655 water serpent1659 Myriophyllum1754 least water plantain1756 mud-weed1756 Thalia1756 water-leaf1756 marsh liverwort1760 bastard plantain1762 wool-weed1765 Ruppia1770 goat's foot1773 pipewort1776 blinking chickweed1777 mudwort1789 arrowleaf1805 water-target1814 water willow1814 felwort1816 water shield1817 mermaid weed1822 mud plantain1822 hydrilla1824 blinks1835 crystalwort1846 naiad1846 waterwort1846 arrow weed1848 willow-thorn1857 lattice leaf1866 marsh flower1866 bonnet1869 lattice plant1877 sea-ash1884 alligator weed1887 water parsley1891 water hyacinth1897 lirio1926 neverwet1927 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > tropical quamoclit1633 sippo1657 monkey vine1750 goat's foot1773 Ipomœa1785 liana1796 Thunbergia?1799 morning-glory1814 gaybine1842 cypress vine1846 bejuco1848 scindapsus1848 Rangoon creeper1850 moonflower1859 kaladana1866 moon-lily1888 1773 Descriptive Catal. Rare & Curious Plants 36 The name pes Capræ or Goat's-foot, alludes to the figure of the leaves. 1848 J. E. Tennent in Sessional Papers House of Lords XL. 276 The drier sand above is next seized upon by the goat's foot convolvulus, which seems to be always the first to make its appearance. 1861 H. F. C. Cleghorn in H. F. C. Cleghorn Forests & Gardens S. India 116 In proceeding along the beach, I found the sand binders Spinifex squarrosus and Ipomœa pes capræ (goat's-foot creeper. 1898 Rep. 7th Meeting Australasian Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 438 I. Pes capræ, Roth. ‘Goat's foot Morning Glory’. A prostrate plant found running along the beach sands. 1920 Exper. Station Rec. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 40 358 Its food consists of the sweet potato and other species of Ipomoea, including the goat's foot morning glory (I. pes-capræ). 1934 Torreya 34 131 The Goat's-foot Vine, Ipomoea Pes-Caprae, because of..its very thick wide leaves, notched at the end, which have a superficial likeness to a goat's foot. 1937 Times 23 Mar. 28/6 Sandy beaches are often dominated and held together by the goat's foot convolvulus. 1977 P. Moyes To kill Coconut xv. 207 Henry was eating breakfast under an arbour of potato-vines and goat's foot. 2008 S. Miththapala Seagrasses & Sand Dunes 11 The lower slopes of sand dunes with natural vegetation such as Goat's Foot and Spinifex are ideal nesting sites for turtles. < as lemmas |
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