noctiflorous

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Adjective[edit]

noctiflorous (not comparable)

  1. That flowers at night.
    • 1863, Lucy Hooper, The Lady's Book of Flowers and Poetry:
      Some, for example, open them all day, while others expand them only in the evening. There are likewise noctiflorous plants, which close their flowers in the morning.

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