man-of-the-earth

[man-uhv-thee-urth, -urth]

man-of-the-earth

[man-uhv-thee-urth, -urth]
noun, plural men-of-the-earth, man-of-the-earths.
a morning glory, Ipomoea pandurata, of eastern North America, having white flowers and a very large, tuberous root.


Origin:
1825–35, Americanism
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Man-of-the-earth is always a great word to know.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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man-of-the-earth

noun
1. a morning glory with long roots of western United States 
2. tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato [syn: wild potato vine
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