What does "blinks" mean?

a herbaceous annual plant of species Montia fontana, in the family Montiaceae, formerly included in the purslane family (Portulacaceae).

Blinks

Common synonyms include: blinking, blinking chickweed, eye blink, eye closure, eyelid closure, flicker.

/blɪŋks/ noun, verb

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Noun

1
a herbaceous annual plant of species Montia fontana, in the family Montiaceae, formerly included in the purslane family (Portulacaceae). uncountable
2
plural of blink form-of, plural
3
plural of Blink form-of, plural
4
plural of BLINK form-of, plural
5
small Indian lettuce of northern regions wordnet

Verb

1
third-person singular simple present indicative of blink form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

"Tom's blinks became longer and longer as he entered the twilight zone between wakefulness and sleep."