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morningglory

morningglory is the alternative form of morning glory.

Meaning of morning glory

Noun

morning glory (countable and uncountable, plural morning glories)

  1. Any of several members of the family Convolvulaceae; climbing plants with trumpet shaped flowers.
    Synonyms:
    bindweed
  2. (UK, informal) An involuntary erection present upon waking.
    • What's the story morning glory? Well? / You need a little time to wake up wake up1995, “Morning Glory”, performed by Oasis
    Synonyms:
    morning wood
  3. A morning bout of love-making.
  4. A rolling cloud in the shape of a cylinder; a roll cloud.

Forms of morningglory

pluralmorningglories

Words formed from morningglory

Questions about morningglory

What is morningglory the alternative form of?
Morningglory is the alternative form of morning glory.

Words near morningglory in the dictionary

  1. morninger
  2. morningers
  3. morningful
  4. morningfuls
  5. morningglories
  6. morningglory
  7. morningish
  8. morningless
  9. morningly
  10. morningmare
  11. morningmares

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Adapted from Wiktionary: morningglory (page history and authors); morning glory (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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