单词 | noctiflorous |
释义 | > as lemmasnoctiflorous noctiflorous adj. Brit. , U.S. [after either French noctiflore (1812) or post-classical Latin noctiflorus (17th cent.)] Botany rare flowering at night.ΚΠ 1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i Noctiflorous, flowering during the night, as the Night-blowing Cereus. 1956 M. Bullock tr. R. von Nebesky-Wojkowitz Where Gods are Mountains iv. 65 A warm wind, impregnated with the overpowering scent of huge noctiflorous bell-flowers. < as lemmas |
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