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单词 four-o'clock
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Definition of four-o'clock in US English:

four-o'clock

nounˌfôrəˈkläkˌfôrəˈkläk
  • A tropical American herbaceous plant with fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers that open late in the afternoon.

    Mirabilis jalapa, family Nyctaginaceae

    Also called marvel of Peru
    Example sentencesExamples
    • MacFarlane's four-o'clock was listed as endangered by the State of Oregon in 1989, and the State is working toward a similar upgrade in status for the plant.
    • The common garden variety four-o'clock is also known as Marvels of Peru.
    • Narrowleaf four-o'clock is perennial from a deep woody taproot crowned with a branching structure called a caudex.
    • The native four-o'clock, also known as showy four-o'clock, is a great plant to add to your dryland Garden.
    • Less conspicuous species are woolly plantain, wild four-o'clock, yellow stargrass, and false toadflax.
    • Love-in-a mist, four-o'clock, cosmos, nasturtium, globe amaranth, balsam, and larkspur are a few I remember from childhood.
    • Other common plants are brittlebush, California sagebrush, several wildflowers in the aster family, and a wild four-o'clock.
    • This species is called ‘wild’ four-o'clock to distinguish it from the ornamental species of four-o'clocks that have larger flowers.
    • But consider too the times of day that certain flowers will bloom; you can plant morning glories, four-o'clocks and night-blooming jasmine together for a garden that will bloom from dawn past dusk.
 
 

Definition of four-o'clock in US English:

four-o'clock

nounˌfôrəˈkläk
  • A tropical American herbaceous plant with fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers that open late in the afternoon.

    Mirabilis jalapa, family Nyctaginaceae

    Also called marvel of Peru
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This species is called ‘wild’ four-o'clock to distinguish it from the ornamental species of four-o'clocks that have larger flowers.
    • But consider too the times of day that certain flowers will bloom; you can plant morning glories, four-o'clocks and night-blooming jasmine together for a garden that will bloom from dawn past dusk.
    • Other common plants are brittlebush, California sagebrush, several wildflowers in the aster family, and a wild four-o'clock.
    • MacFarlane's four-o'clock was listed as endangered by the State of Oregon in 1989, and the State is working toward a similar upgrade in status for the plant.
    • The common garden variety four-o'clock is also known as Marvels of Peru.
    • The native four-o'clock, also known as showy four-o'clock, is a great plant to add to your dryland Garden.
    • Love-in-a mist, four-o'clock, cosmos, nasturtium, globe amaranth, balsam, and larkspur are a few I remember from childhood.
    • Less conspicuous species are woolly plantain, wild four-o'clock, yellow stargrass, and false toadflax.
    • Narrowleaf four-o'clock is perennial from a deep woody taproot crowned with a branching structure called a caudex.
 
 
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