noun
beach morning glory
A coastal plant with distinctive leaves shaped like a referee's fan (軍配). Scientific name: Ipomoea pes-caprae.
沖縄の砂浜にはグンバイヒルガオがたくさん咲いている。
Many beach morning glories are blooming on the sandy beach in Okinawa.
Standard katakana spelling for this plant name.
Kanji spelling is rare; the plant name is usually written in katakana.
The name comes from 軍配 (gunbai, 'referee's fan') + 昼顔 (hirugao, 'bindweed'), referring to the leaf shape resembling a sumo referee's fan.