释义 |
cal·o·nyc·ti·on \ˌkaləˈniktēˌän\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from calo- + Greek nyktion, neuter of nyktios of the night, from nykt-, nyx night — more at night : a small genus of tropical American vines (family Convolvulaceae) having a salverform corolla with a long cylindrical tube and with a pointed capsular fruit — see moonflower |