| 单词 | ten o'clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasten o'clock ten o'clock n. (a) an American name for Ornithogalum umbellatum, the flowers of which open late in the morning ( Cent. Dict. 1891); (b) a name for Portulaca grandiflora, a subtropical annual herb whose flowers open late in the morning; (c) a light meal taken at ten o'clock. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > asphodels affodill1440 daffodilly1538 daffodil1548 asphodel1597 king's spear1597 onion asphodel1597 knavery1640 frodils1674 Scotch asphodel1771 ten o'clock1826 bog asphodel1881 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > of south or tropical America marvel of Peru1597 flower of the night1665 world's wonder1706 butterfly flower1731 mirabilis1754 four o'clock flower1756 bastard mustard1759 Browallia1782 bastard plantain1796 cleome1806 alonsoa1812 gloxinia1816 schizanthus1823 butterfly plant1825 petunia1825 sinningia1826 salpiglossis1827 mask flower1834 poinsettia1836 guaco1844 spiderwort1846 mist flower1848 balisier1858 spider flower1861 sun plant1862 eucharis1866 pretty-by-night1869 Rocky Mountain bee plant1870 urn-flower1891 tulip-poppy1909 smithiantha1917 poor man's orchid1922 ten o'clock1953 tiger-iris- 1826 W. Darlington Florula Cestrica 40 Ornithogalum..umbellatum... Ten o'clock. Twelve o'clock. Star of Bethlehem. 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. ii. iii. 161 Betty mean-time has put up their ‘luncheons’ or ‘ten-o'clocks’. 1953 Caribbean Q. 3 i. 10 Ten o'clock is a kind of portulaca which blooms in mid morning. < as lemmas |
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