night-floweringadj.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪtˌflaʊərɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪtˌflaʊ(ə)rɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., flowering adj.

Etymology: < night n. + flowering adj.

Having flowers that open or are most conspicuous at night. Chiefly in the names of plants. night-flowering campion n. a Eurasian weed of chalky or sandy cornfields, Silene noctiflora (family Caryophyllaceae). night-flowering catchfly n. = night-flowering campion n. night-flowering cereus n. = night-blooming cereus n. at night-blooming adj. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > [noun] > other cacti

hedgehog thistle1597

Opuntia1601

mescal1709

Barbados gooseberry1756

night-flowering cereus1789

vygebosch1795

night-blooming cereus1799

rhipsalis1819

pigface1830

window plant1838

old man cactus1845

cholla1846

fish-hook cactus1846

spleenwort1846

epiphyllum1858

old man's head1858

rainbow cactus1860

green snake1864

torchwood1866

queen of the night1870

vingerpol1875

nipple cactus1876

niggerhead1877

rat's tail cactus1878

rat-tail cactus1878

Christmas cactus1880

barrel cactus1881

peyote1885

mistletoe cactus1889

schlumbergera1898

pincushion1940

opuntioid1944

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom > in bloom > by night

night-blooming1799

night-blowing1804

night-flowering1810

1690 J. Ray Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Brit. 141 Lychnis noctiflora..Night-flowering Campion. Found by Mr. Dale among Corn.

1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis II. 152 Great Night-flowering Cereus. Nat[ive] of Jamaica and Vera Cruz.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 416 Silene..noctiflora... Night-flowering Catchfly. Corn fields.

1810 M. Cutler Jrnl. 9 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 342 Saw the cactus grandiflora, or night-flowering cereus.

1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §883 Some of the plants are noted as night-flowering.

1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xix. 237 The sweet night-flowering stock.

1919 W. Graveson Brit. Wild Flowers xxii. 211 In the sandy cornfields of the Eastern counties..we have frequently found the Small-flowered Catchfly... Its sticky nature is shared by the taller Night-flowering Catch-fly.

1996 Church Times 25 Oct. 24/2 A great clump of paradisal flowers bursts from the path into the moonless night. Night-flowering catchfly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	night-flowering
释义	night-floweringadj. Brit. /ˈnʌɪtˌflaʊərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌflaʊ(ə)rɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., flowering adj. Etymology: < night n. + flowering adj. Having flowers that open or are most conspicuous at night. Chiefly in the names of plants. night-flowering campion n. a Eurasian weed of chalky or sandy cornfields, Silene noctiflora (family Caryophyllaceae). night-flowering catchfly n. = night-flowering campion n. night-flowering cereus n. = night-blooming cereus n. at night-blooming adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > [noun] > other cacti hedgehog thistle1597 Opuntia1601 mescal1709 Barbados gooseberry1756 night-flowering cereus1789 vygebosch1795 night-blooming cereus1799 rhipsalis1819 pigface1830 window plant1838 old man cactus1845 cholla1846 fish-hook cactus1846 spleenwort1846 epiphyllum1858 old man's head1858 rainbow cactus1860 green snake1864 torchwood1866 queen of the night1870 vingerpol1875 nipple cactus1876 niggerhead1877 rat's tail cactus1878 rat-tail cactus1878 Christmas cactus1880 barrel cactus1881 peyote1885 mistletoe cactus1889 schlumbergera1898 pincushion1940 opuntioid1944 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom > in bloom > by night night-blooming1799 night-blowing1804 night-flowering1810 1690 J. Ray Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Brit. 141 Lychnis noctiflora..Night-flowering Campion. Found by Mr. Dale among Corn. 1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis II. 152 Great Night-flowering Cereus. Nat[ive] of Jamaica and Vera Cruz. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 416 Silene..noctiflora... Night-flowering Catchfly. Corn fields. 1810 M. Cutler Jrnl. 9 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 342 Saw the cactus grandiflora, or night-flowering cereus. 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §883 Some of the plants are noted as night-flowering. 1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert xix. 237 The sweet night-flowering stock. 1919 W. Graveson Brit. Wild Flowers xxii. 211 In the sandy cornfields of the Eastern counties..we have frequently found the Small-flowered Catchfly... Its sticky nature is shared by the taller Night-flowering Catch-fly. 1996 Church Times 25 Oct. 24/2 A great clump of paradisal flowers bursts from the path into the moonless night. Night-flowering catchfly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1690
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