Found 2 items, similar to man-of-the-earth.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: man-of-the-earth man-of-the-earth n 1: long-rooted morning glory of western United States [syn: Ipomoea leptophylla ] 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, wild sweet potato vine , manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata , Ipomoea fastigiata]
English → English (gcide) Definition: man-of-the-earth man-of-the-earth \man-of-the-earth\ n. 1. (Bot.) A long-rooted morning glory (Ipomoea leptophylla) of Western U. S. Syn: man of the earth, Ipomoea leptophylla. [WordNet 1.5] 2. A tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial (Ipomoea panurata or Ipomoea fastigiata) having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato. Syn: wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine, man of the earth, manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata, Ipomoea fastigiata. [WordNet 1.5]