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four-o'clock family — noun a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales • Syn: ↑Nyctaginaceae, ↑family Nyctaginaceae, ↑Allioniaceae, ↑family Allioniaceae • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
four-o'clock — [fôr′ə kläk΄] adj. designating a family (Nyctaginaceae, order Caryophyllales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the bougainvilleas n. any of a genus (Mirabilis) of chiefly tropical American plants of the four o clock family, bearing petal less… … English World dictionary
four-o'clock — /fawr euh klok , fohr /, n. 1. a common garden plant, Mirabilis jalapa, of the four o clock family, having tubular red, white, yellow, or variegated flowers that open late in the afternoon. 2. any plant of the same genus. [1750 60] * * *… … Universalium
four-o'clock — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a plant of the genus Mirabilis: as a. : a common garden plant (M. jalapa) with fragrant yellow, red, or white flowers that open late in the afternoon called also marvel of Peru b. : a California plant (M. laevis) with red … Useful english dictionary
four-o'clock — noun Date: 1756 any of a genus (Mirabilis) of chiefly American annual or perennial herbs (family Nyctaginaceae, the four o clock family) having apetalous flowers with a showy involucre simulating a calyx; especially a garden plant (M. jalapa)… … New Collegiate Dictionary
family Allioniaceae — noun a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales • Syn: ↑Nyctaginaceae, ↑family Nyctaginaceae, ↑Allioniaceae, ↑four o clock family • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Nyctaginaceae — noun a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales • Syn: ↑Nyctaginaceae, ↑Allioniaceae, ↑family Allioniaceae, ↑four o clock family • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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