English-Thai Dictionary
four-o'clock
N พืช ไม้ดอก พวก Mirabilis Jalapa หรือ Mirabilis laevis ดอก บาน เย็น
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FOUR-O'CLOCK
FOUR-O'CLOCK Four "-o'clock `, n.
1. (Bot. )
Defn: A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four- o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The friar bird; -- so called from its cry, which resembles these words.
New American Oxford Dictionary
four-o'clock
four-o'clock ▶noun a tropical American herbaceous plant with fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers that open late in the afternoon. Also called marvel of Peru. [Mirabilis jalapa, family Nyctaginaceae. ]
Oxford Dictionary
four-o'clock
four-o'clock ▶noun a tropical American herbaceous plant with fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers that open late in the afternoon. Also called marvel of Peru. [Mirabilis jalapa, family Nyctaginaceae. ]
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