morning glory

noun

Any of several members of the family Convolvulaceae; climbing plants with trumpet shaped flowers.

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bindweedmorning wood
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Meanings

nounmorning glory (countable and uncountable, plural morning glories)

plural morning glories · alternative morning-glory · alternative morningglory

  1. countableuncountableAny of several members of the family Convolvulaceae; climbing plants with trumpet shaped flowers.

    Synonyms: bindweed

  2. UKcountableinformaluncountableAn involuntary erection present upon waking.

    Like any man he wakes up with a morning glory. He precums.

    2011, Michael Kantor, Now That You're Out, page 64
    2 more examples

    What's the story morning glory? Well? / You need a little time to wake up wake up

    1995, “Morning Glory”, performed by Oasis

    Morning Glory (Penis) Would appear to refer to one that stands tall and erect on waking.

    2003, Ray Puxley, Britslang: An Uncensored A-Z of the People's Language, Including Rhyming Slang, Robson, published 2003, page 326

    Synonyms: morning wood

  3. countableuncountableA morning bout of love-making.
  4. countableuncountableA rolling cloud in the shape of a cylinder; a roll cloud.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of several members of the family Convolvulaceae; climbing plants with trumpet shaped flowers.

Similar
bindweed

nounAn involuntary erection present upon waking.

Similar
morning wood
Also see
convolvulusmorning starmorning tentmorning wood

Origin

The flowers are so named because they open early in the morning, and the clouds are so called because they typically occur in the morning.

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Translations

Bulgarian грамофонче
  • грамофонче (gramofonče)plant
Chinese Cantonese 牽牛花 /牵牛花, 喇叭花
  • 牽牛花 /牵牛花 (hin¹ ngau⁴ faa¹)plant
  • 喇叭花 (laa³ baa¹ faa¹)plant
  • 哬哚花 (hoe⁴ doe¹ faa¹)plant
Chinese Mandarin 牽牛花 /牵牛花, 喇叭花
  • 牽牛花 /牵牛花 (qiānniúhuā)plant
  • 喇叭花 (lǎbahuā)plant
  • 牽牛 /牵牛 (qiānniú)plant
Esperanto aŭrorofloro
  • aŭrorofloroplant
Estonian lehtertapp
  • lehtertappplant
Finnish kiertokasvi, päivänsini
  • kiertokasviplant
  • päivänsiniplant
French ipomée, volubilis
  • ipoméeplant
  • volubilisplant
  • belle-de-jourplant
  • gloire du matinplant
German die Trichterwinde, Prunkwinde
  • die Trichterwindeplant
  • Prunkwindeplant
Hawaiian koali
  • koaliplant
Hungarian hajnalka
  • hajnalkaplant
Indonesian sripagi
  • sripagiplant
Japanese 朝顔
  • 朝顔 (asagao)plant
Korean 나팔꽃, 견우화
  • 나팔꽃 (napalkkot)plant
  • 견우화 (gyeonuhwa)plant
Latin ipomoea
  • ipomoeaplant
Māori pōwhiwhi
  • pōwhiwhiplant
Polish wilec
  • wilecplant
Portuguese convolvulácea, glória matutina
  • convolvuláceaplant
  • glória matutinaplant
  • glória-da-manhãplant
Romanian volbură, rochița-rândunelei
  • volburăplant
  • rochița-rânduneleiplant
  • rochița-rânduniciiplant
Russian ипоме́я, у́треннее сия́ние
  • ипоме́я (ipoméja)plant
  • у́треннее сия́ние (útrenneje sijánije)plant
Spanish gloria de la mañana, campanilla morada
  • gloria de la mañanaplant
  • campanilla moradaplant
  • dondiego de díaplant
Swahili ipomea
  • ipomeaplant
Tagalog luwalhati sa umaga
  • luwalhati sa umagaplant
Cite this entry
APA

morning glory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morning%20glory

MLA

“morning glory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morning%20glory. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “morning glory,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morning%20glory.

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