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COLORADO FOUR O'CLOCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Colorado four o'clock mean?
• COLORADO FOUR O'CLOCK (noun)
The noun COLORADO FOUR O'CLOCK has 1 sense:
1. wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico
Familiarity information: COLORADO FOUR O'CLOCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COLORADO FOUR O'CLOCK (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Colorado four o'clock; desert four o'clock; maravilla; Mirabilis multiflora
Hypernyms ("Colorado four o'clock" is a kind of...):
four o'clock (any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon)
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