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SWEET FOUR O'CLOCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet four o'clock mean?
• SWEET FOUR O'CLOCK (noun)
The noun SWEET FOUR O'CLOCK has 1 sense:
1. leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers; southwestern United States and northern Mexico
Familiarity information: SWEET FOUR O'CLOCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers; southwestern United States and northern Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
maravilla; Mirabilis longiflora; sweet four o'clock
Hypernyms ("sweet 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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