| 单词 | flower of an hour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflower of an hour flower of an hour n. U.S. a malvaceous plant, Hibiscus trionum, native to southern Europe and Africa but now found on waste ground in North America, and having short-lived white or pale yellow flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Malvaceae (mallows and allies) > [noun] > hibiscus plants thorny mallow1597 Venice mallow1597 hibiscus1706 flower of an hour1818 mallow rose1840 roselle1840 sabdariffa1866 1818 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 2) ii. 272 Bladder ketmia, flower of an hour. 1902 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Amer. Wild Flowers 266 An annual..with handsome..flowers, with a black purplish centre that quickly fade, hence called flower-of-an-hour. 1939 National Geographic Mag. Aug. 229/2 The dainty little flower-of-an-hour..clothes waysides, roadsides, ditches, and waste places. < as lemmas |
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