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ˈmoon-flower
1. The ox-eye daisy, Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum; also C. segetum (Treas. Bot.).
1787Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 2) II. 929 Greater Daisy. Ox-eye. Moon-flower. 1861D. Greenwell Poems 268 The Sun-flowers and the Moon-flowers.
2. A tropical climbing plant, Ipomœa alba, of the family Convolvulaceæ, which bears fragrant, white, trumpet-shaped flowers opening at night; also, other closely-related plants of the genera Ipomœa and Quamoclit.
1859Tennent Ceylon II. vii. iii. 162 One most interesting flower..is a night-blowing convolvulus, the moon-flower of Europeans. 1887E. E. Money Dutch Maiden (1888) 23 The odorous moon-flower gave out a rich perfume. 1939A. H. Wood Grow them Indoors 102 Morning glory, moon flower, dawn flower—there are numerous common names for different members of this group of woody climbers. 1963W. Blunt Of Flowers & Village 110 My cobaeas and moonflowers have both already germinated. 1969G. Macbeth War Quartet 28 Split tins..Leafed into fronds of moon-flowers.
3. A name used in Africa for Datura arborea or D. suaveolens, shrubs native to Central America and belonging to the family Solanaceæ, bearing fragrant, white, trumpet-shaped flowers; also called moon-lily or angel's trumpet.
1913C. Pettman Africanderisms 325 Moon lily or Moon flower, Datura Knightii, which has long, pendulous, strongly scented white flowers. 1973Palmer & Pitman Trees S. Afr. III. 1976 It [sc. the potato family] yields foods..flowers..shrubs—such as the moonflower, Datura arborea L., and Cestrum species. |