manroot

English

Etymology

From man +‎ root.

Noun

manroot (countable and uncountable, plural manroots)

1. A flowering plant in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), genus Marah, native to western North America.
2. Any member of two species of morning glory:
   1. Ipomoea leptophylla.
   2. Ipomoea pandurata.

Synonyms

• (plant of genus Marah): wild cucumber, cucumber gourd
• (Ipomoea leptophylla): bush moonflower, man-of-the-earth
• (Ipomoea pandurata): bigroot morning-glory, man-of-the-earth, wild potato-vine, wild sweet-potato-vine

References

• Marah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Marah on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• manroot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ipomoea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Moronta, moon rat, moonrat