"mile-a-minute" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mile-a-minute (not comparable)
  1. At the rate of one mile per minute, 60 miles per hour. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-mile-a-minute-en-adj-5hg4AISF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mile a minute

Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} mile-a-minute (not comparable)
  1. Very fast Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-mile-a-minute-en-adv-QLVILz-k
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mile a minute

Noun

Forms: mile-a-minutes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mile-a-minute (plural mile-a-minutes)
  1. Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
    Persicaria perfoliata; Polygonum perfoliatum; Asiatic tearthumb; kudzu of the North.
    Categories (lifeform): Buckwheat family plants
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  2. Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
    Kudzu; Pueraria lobata; Pueraria montana var. lobata
    Categories (lifeform): Buckwheat family plants
    Sense id: en-mile-a-minute-en-noun-bLcDYN6n Disambiguation of Buckwheat family plants: 1 1 16 16 16 20 15 15 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 22 12 13 24 15 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 1 18 15 16 19 15 15
  3. Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
    Ipomoea cairica, a species of morning glory
    Categories (lifeform): Buckwheat family plants, Morning glory family plants
    Sense id: en-mile-a-minute-en-noun-id-X12-q Disambiguation of Buckwheat family plants: 1 1 16 16 16 20 15 15 Disambiguation of Morning glory family plants: 1 1 9 9 55 11 8 8 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 22 12 13 24 15 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 1 18 15 16 19 15 15
  4. Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
    Mikania micrantha
    Categories (lifeform): Buckwheat family plants, Eupatorieae tribe plants, Phaseoleae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-mile-a-minute-en-noun-JPHFcaer Disambiguation of Buckwheat family plants: 1 1 16 16 16 20 15 15 Disambiguation of Eupatorieae tribe plants: 1 1 16 16 16 20 15 15 Disambiguation of Phaseoleae tribe plants: 1 1 16 16 16 21 15 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 18 14 17 23 13 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 22 12 13 24 15 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 1 18 15 16 19 15 15
  5. Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
    Fallopia baldschuanica
    Categories (lifeform): Buckwheat family plants
    Sense id: en-mile-a-minute-en-noun-fBmWY5Fk Disambiguation of Buckwheat family plants: 1 1 16 16 16 20 15 15 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 22 12 13 24 15 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 1 18 15 16 19 15 15
  6. Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
    Dipogon lignosus
    Categories (lifeform): Buckwheat family plants
    Sense id: en-mile-a-minute-en-noun-9skduAb3 Disambiguation of Buckwheat family plants: 1 1 16 16 16 20 15 15 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 22 12 13 24 15 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 1 18 15 16 19 15 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mile a minute

Inflected forms

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