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DESERT FOUR O'CLOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does desert four o'clock mean? 

DESERT FOUR O'CLOCK (noun)
  The noun DESERT 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 Mexicoplay

  Familiarity information: DESERT FOUR O'CLOCK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DESERT 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 ("desert 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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