night-blowingadj.
/ˈnʌɪtˌbləʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌbloʊɪŋ/ Now rare.
= night-blooming adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom > in bloom > by night
night-blooming1799
night-blowing1804
night-flowering1810
1804 C. Smith Conversat. II. 91 The..splendid Cactus Grandiflora, usually called the night blowing Cereus.
1833 E. S. Wortley Poems 34 No sweet night-blowing flowers, With their mist of incense-steam.
1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. vii. iii. 162 One most interesting flower..is a night-blowing convolvulus, the moon-flower of Europeans.
1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia 191 As the night-blowing moon-flower's swelling heart Pines for the moon.
Compounds
night-blowing cereus n. = night-blooming cereus n. at night-blooming adj. Compounds.
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1804*Night blowing cereus [see main sense].
1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xvii. 296 The Umbrella Rock, capped with..night-blowing Cereus.
1959 A. Ridler Coll. Poems (1994) 138 The night-blowing Cereus breaks into flower.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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