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单词 four-o'clock
释义

four-o'clock

noun

ˈfȯr-ə-ˌkläk How to pronounce four-o'clock (audio)
: any of a genus (Mirabilis) of chiefly American annual or perennial herbs (family Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family) having apetalous flowers with a showy involucre simulating a calyx
especially : a garden plant (M. jalapa) with fragrant yellow, red, or white flowers opening late in the afternoon

Word History

First Known Use

1756, in the meaning defined above

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