night-scentedadj.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪtˌsɛntᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪtˌsɛn(t)əd/

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

Etymology: < night n. + scented adj.

Of a plant or flower: fragrant at night.

ΚΠ

1811 D. Hosack Hortus Elginensis (ed. 2) 20/2 (table) Dianthus..superbus L. Pink..night scented or fringed.

1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §687 The white flowers of Lychnis vespertina are also night-scented.

a1918 W. Owen Poems (1983) I Its skin is coloured like the twilight Alp; And odoured like the pale, night-scented flowers.

1971 Country Life 25 Feb. 438/1 The white flowers [sc. of the hosta] are sizable trumpets held horizontally and heavily night scented.

1998 Guardian 17 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 80/1 We grow brugmansias..for their night-scented blooms.

Compounds

night-scented stock n. either of two plants of the family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae), Hesperis tristis and (now chiefly) Matthiola longipetala subsp. bicornis, with flowers which are scentless by day but strongly fragrant at night.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > stock-gillyflower and allies > [noun]

stock-gillyflower1530

castle-gilliflower1578

Guernsey violet1578

stock1664

Brompton1724

ten-week stock1785

night-scented stock1849

1824 H. Phillips Flora Hist. I. 336 We have no plant that exhales so delightful a fragrance in the night as the..Night-smelling Rocket, or Night Odorous Stock.]

1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §687 Hespiris tristis, or night-scented stock.

1870 W. Robinson Wild Garden ii. 54 Night-scented stock..may be established on the sunny sides of old ruins and walls.

1914 E. A. Bowles My Garden in Summer xiv. 259 The old Night-scented Stock of one's great-grandmother, is another half-hardy indispensable.

1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 159 Night-scented stock... Nothing else can equal the effect of its exquisite fragrance on the warm night air in summer.

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

单词	night-scented
释义	night-scentedadj. Brit. /ˈnʌɪtˌsɛntᵻd/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌsɛn(t)əd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: night n., scented adj. Etymology: < night n. + scented adj. Of a plant or flower: fragrant at night. ΚΠ 1811 D. Hosack Hortus Elginensis (ed. 2) 20/2 (table) Dianthus..superbus L. Pink..night scented or fringed. 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §687 The white flowers of Lychnis vespertina are also night-scented. a1918 W. Owen Poems (1983) I Its skin is coloured like the twilight Alp; And odoured like the pale, night-scented flowers. 1971 Country Life 25 Feb. 438/1 The white flowers [sc. of the hosta] are sizable trumpets held horizontally and heavily night scented. 1998 Guardian 17 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 80/1 We grow brugmansias..for their night-scented blooms. Compounds night-scented stock n. either of two plants of the family Brassicaceae ( Cruciferae), Hesperis tristis and (now chiefly) Matthiola longipetala subsp. bicornis, with flowers which are scentless by day but strongly fragrant at night. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > stock-gillyflower and allies > [noun] stock-gillyflower1530 castle-gilliflower1578 Guernsey violet1578 stock1664 Brompton1724 ten-week stock1785 night-scented stock1849 1824 H. Phillips Flora Hist. I. 336 We have no plant that exhales so delightful a fragrance in the night as the..Night-smelling Rocket, or Night Odorous Stock.] 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §687 Hespiris tristis, or night-scented stock. 1870 W. Robinson Wild Garden ii. 54 Night-scented stock..may be established on the sunny sides of old ruins and walls. 1914 E. A. Bowles My Garden in Summer xiv. 259 The old Night-scented Stock of one's great-grandmother, is another half-hardy indispensable. 1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 159 Night-scented stock... Nothing else can equal the effect of its exquisite fragrance on the warm night air in summer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1811
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