FOUR O'CLOCK

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

• FOUR O'CLOCK (noun)
  The noun FOUR O'CLOCK has 1 sense:

1. any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOUR O'CLOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("four o'clock" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "four o'clock"):

common four-o'clock; marvel-of-Peru; Mirabilis jalapa; Mirabilis uniflora (common garden plant of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon)

California four o'clock; Mirabilis californica; Mirabilis laevis (California four o'clock with purple-red flowers)

maravilla; Mirabilis longiflora; sweet four o'clock (leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers; southwestern United States and northern Mexico)

Colorado four o'clock; desert four o'clock; maravilla; Mirabilis multiflora (wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico)

Mirabilis oblongifolia; mountain four o'clock (leafy wildflower with lavender-pink flowers that open in the evening and remain through cool part of the next day; found in open woods or brush in mountains of southern Colorado to Arizona and into Mexico)

Holonyms ("four o'clock" is a member of...):

genus Mirabilis; Mirabilis (four o'clocks)

 Context examples 

At four o'clock a lull took place, and baskets remained empty, while the apple pickers rested and compared rents and bruises.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Think of me to-morrow, my dear Emma, about four o'clock,” was Mrs. Weston's parting injunction; spoken with some anxiety, and meant only for her.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I will come at four o'clock.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He engaged to be with them by four o'clock.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

At four o'clock he executed a running jump, gained the roof of the chicken-house and leaped to the ground outside, whence he sauntered gravely to the house.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

At two o'clock Hans volunteered to go with her; but she held him to his work, and four o'clock found the two graves completed.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

It is nearly four o'clock in the afternoon, sir.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“At four o'clock, therefore, we may expect this peace-making gentleman,” said Mr. Bennet, as he folded up the letter.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

A saunter into other meadows, and through part of the village, with a visit to the stables to examine some improvements, and a charming game of play with a litter of puppies just able to roll about, brought them to four o'clock, when Catherine scarcely thought it could be three.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

And Mr. Campbell was here at four o'clock to ask for you: he has got one of the Thrush's boats, and is going off to her at six, and hoped you would be here in time to go with him.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)