Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several vines of the genus Ipomoea having trumpet-shaped flowers that open at night.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The oxeye daisy, Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum.
- noun A tropical night-blooming species of Ipomæa, with large fragrant white flowers, or
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The oxeye daisy; -- called also
moon daisy . - noun A kind of morning glory (
Ipomœa Bona-nox ) with large white flowers opening at night.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several unrelated
vines whichbloom atnight
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers
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Examples
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Abuse of the poisonous datura, a form of jimson weed also known as moonflower, has been on the rise since September, particularly in West Ada County, Ada County sheriff's Detective Ryan Pacheco said during a press conference Thursday.
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The moonflower Fancy had taken from her backyard and planted in the happy place after Gabriel had attacked her had grown into a tree with yummy-smelling fruit in the shape of tiny white crescents.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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The moonflower Fancy had taken from her backyard and planted in the happy place after Gabriel had attacked her had grown into a tree with yummy-smelling fruit in the shape of tiny white crescents.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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The moonflower Fancy had taken from her backyard and planted in the happy place after Gabriel had attacked her had grown into a tree with yummy-smelling fruit in the shape of tiny white crescents.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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The moonflower Fancy had taken from her backyard and planted in the happy place after Gabriel had attacked her had grown into a tree with yummy-smelling fruit in the shape of tiny white crescents.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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But I do not dig graves, only cradles, for wolfsbane and moonflower, evening primrose and columbine.
Wolves and Butterflies Linda Simoni-Wastila 2010
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Add a delightful fragrance to perfume warm summer nights, and there you have the moonflower!
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Ipomoea alba, the tropical white-flowering morning glory (moonflower or moon vine) is a perennial in its natural habitat.
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Ipomoea alba, the tropical white-flowering morning glory (moonflower or moon vine) is a perennial in its natural habitat.
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There are some flowers I am sentimental about — the moonflower, for one, because its fragrance reminds me ofsummer evenings and fireflies.
Out with the old, in with the pansies « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2008
qroqqa commented on the word moonflower
Against this wall, there was a trellis of moonflowers, which popped open like small white parachutes at twilight in the summertime, and between the trellis and the stoop you could pull up water from a cistern in the veritable oaken bucket of the song.
—James Thurber, 1952, 'Daguerreotype of a Lady', in The Thurber Album
I had met this before, from a US friend, but from her description assumed they were the same as my hedge bindweed and the name came merely from the appearance. However, learning they are nocturnal, I find that moonflowers are genus Ipomoea (same as morning glory and, surprisingly, sweet potato), whilst bindweed are Calystegia, both in the family Convolvulaceae.
July 10, 2008