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- noun A
biannual plant distributed across Europe and North America, scienitific name Tragopogon pratensis
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It is said to close its sepals at noon, and was therefore called "Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon," but in fact it shuts much earlier, and often does not open at all, and you may pass twenty times and not see it open.
The Toilers of the Field Richard Jefferies 1867
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