moonflower

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Etymology

From moon +‎ flower.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈmuːnflaʊə/

Noun

moonflower (plural moonflowers)

  1. Any of several plants that flower at night:
    1. (obsolete) The ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare [18th-19th c.]
    2. The corn marigold, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 848: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
    3. Any of several vines of the genus Ipomoea, especially Lua error in Module:parameters at line 848: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.. [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.
    4. Species in genus Cereus and in Lua error in Module:parameters at line 848: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template..
    5. Species of Datura, including Datura inoxia.
    6. Species of Mentzelia, including Lua error in Module:parameters at line 848: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..

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