moonflower

名词 n.
/ˈmuːnflaʊə/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several plants that flower at night:; An ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) obsolete
  2. Any of several plants that flower at night:; A corn marigold, Glebionis segetum.
  3. Any of several plants that flower at night:; Any of several vines of the genus Ipomoea, especially Ipomoea alba.
    — Hôtel Saint-George […] through whose exotic gardens of giant contorted euphorbia and sweet-smelling moonflowers Churchill and the titans of the Second World War strolled, laying plans for a world in which Anglo-Saxon predominance seemed assured in perpetuity.
  4. Any of several plants that flower at night:; Any of species in genus Cereus and in (Stenocereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.).
  5. Any of several plants that flower at night:; Any of species of Datura, including Datura inoxia.
  6. Any of several plants that flower at night:; Any of species of Mentzelia, including Mentzelia pumila.

词形变化

moonflowers plural

词汇关系

词源

From moon + flower.
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