n. (Bot.) A climbing plant (Ipomoea purpurea) having handsome, funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal. [ 1913 Webster ]
[くうしんさい, kuushinsai] (n) (See 甕菜) ipomoea aquatica; kang kong; water morning glory; (Chinese) water spinach; water convolvulus; swamp cabbage; ong choy; hung tsai; rau muong; pak boong