an ornamental plant, Mirabilis jalapa (family Nyctaginaceae), native to tropical America, which produces terminal clusters of handsome…

In the names of various plants, as flower of Bristol n. Obsolete,†flower Constantinople n. also flower of Constantinople Obsolete the nonsuch, Lychn…

(transferred from sense 7.) The object of astonishment (usually implying profound admiration) for a particular country, people, age, or the like.

(a) a papilionaceous flower; a plant producing such a flower; cf. papilionaceous, adj. 2; (b) any of various plants of the genus Schizanthus (family…

Any plant of the genus Mirabilis (family Nyctaginaceae), mainly native to warmer parts of America, having flowers enclosed in a calyx-like…

(More fully four o'clock flower.) A name for the plant Mirabilis Jalapa or Marvel of Peru.

(also with distinguishing word) any of several plants of (or formerly included in) the genus Cleome (family Cleomaceae); esp. C. gynandra, which has…

A plant of the genus of South American annual plants so named, bearing violet, blue, or white flowers.

†(a) the mudwort Limosella aquatica (obsolete); (b) balisier, Heliconia bihai (now rare).

A plant of a genus of annual herbs or shrubs so called, belonging to the family Capparidaceæ, and native to America; cultivated for their spidery…

A mask flower (genus Alonsoa).

An American tropical plant (family Gesneraceæ) with large bell-shaped flowers.

Any of various cultivated plants with flowers resembling or comparable with orchids; spec. any of various plants of the Chilean genus Schizanthus…

(a) a butterfly orchid (now rare); (b) any of various plants of the genus Schizanthus (family Solanaceae), which are widely cultivated for their…

Any plant of the South American genus Petunia (family Solanaceae), which comprises annual and perennial herbaceous plants with funnel-shaped flowers…

A hairy herbaceous plant of the genus so called, belonging to the family Gesneriaceæ, native to Brazil, and bearing bell-shaped flowers.

An annual or perennial herb of the genus so called, native to Chile and bearing funnel-shaped flowers of various colours.

any of several Peruvian plants of the genus Alonsoa (family Scrophulariaceae), grown as ornamentals, originally A. linearis, having scarlet…

Any of various shrubby plants of the former genus Poinsettia (now included in Euphorbia), native to Central America and the southern United States…

U.S. The Rocky Mountain bee plant, Cleome serrulata; (also) the pigment made from it and used by the Pueblo Indians for decorating pottery.

Any plant belonging to the order Commelynaceæ, which includes the genus Tradescantia.

a plant of the family Asteraceae (Compositae), Conoclinium (Eupatorium) coelestinum, with clusters of bluish flowers, native to the central and…

The West Indian musaceous plant Heliconia bihai, with very large leaves and brilliant orange flowers.

an annual herb of the genus Cleome of the family Capparaceæ, esp. C. hasslerana, which has clusters of pink or white flowers with long stamens (cf. c…

(a) any plant that grows best in full sunlight (contrasted with shade plant); (b) a low-growing annual herbaceous plant native to Brazil, Portulaca g…

A South American bulbous plant (family Amaryllidaceæ) bearing white bell-shaped flowers, much in request for bouquets, etc. Also attributive.

the four o'clock plant, Mirabilis jalapa (family Nyctaginaceae), which has fragrant flowers that open in late afternoon.

an annual herb, Cleome serrulata (family Capparidaceae) of western North America, which has racemes of pink flowers.

a Mexican papaveraceous plant, Hunnemannia fumariæfolia, with flowers like those of Eschscholtzia.

A small perennial rhizomatous plant of the genus Smithiantha (family Gesneriaceae), native to southern Mexico and widely cultivated as a house…

= schizanthus, n.; also butterfly flower.

(a) an American name for Ornithogalum umbellatum, the flowers of which open late in the morning (Cent. Dict. 1891); (b) a name for Portulaca grandi…

see tiger-flower n.