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Moonflower

//ˈmuːnflaʊə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several plants that flower at night:; An ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) obsolete
  2. 2
    pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of several plants that flower at night:; A corn marigold, Glebionis segetum.
  4. 4
    Any of several plants that flower at night:; Any of several vines of the genus Ipomoea, especially Ipomoea alba.

    "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."

  5. 5
    Any of several plants that flower at night:; Any of species in genus Cereus and in (Stenocereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.).
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  1. 6
    Any of several plants that flower at night:; Any of species of Datura, including Datura inoxia.
  2. 7
    Any of several plants that flower at night:; Any of species of Mentzelia, including Mentzelia pumila.

Etymology

From moon + flower.

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