moonflower
English
Etymology
From moon + flower.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmuːnflaʊə/
Noun
moonflower (plural moonflowers)
- Any of several plants that flower at night:
- (obsolete) The ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare [18th–19th c.]
- The corn marigold, Glebionis segetum.
- Any of several vines of the genus Ipomoea, especially Ipomoea alba. [from 19th c.]
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 46:
- Hôtel Saint-George […] through whose exotic gardens of giant contorted euphorbia and sweet-smelling moonflowers Churchill and the titans of the Second World War strolled, laying plans for a world in which Anglo-Saxon predominance seemed assured in perpetuity.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 46:
- Species in genus Cereus and in Hylocereus.
- Species of Datura, including Datura inoxia.
- Species of Mentzelia, including Mentzelia pumila.
Derived terms
- beach moonflower
- sea moonflower
Translations
Ipomoea alba
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See also
- morning glory
- sunflower
Anagrams
- floorwomen