FLOWERS-OF-AN-HOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flowers-of-an-hour mean? 

• FLOWERS-OF-AN-HOUR (noun)
  The noun FLOWERS-OF-AN-HOUR has 1 sense:

1. annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America

  Familiarity information: FLOWERS-OF-AN-HOUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOWERS-OF-AN-HOUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black-eyed Susan; bladder ketmia; flower-of-an-hour; flowers-of-an-hour; Hibiscus trionum

Hypernyms ("flowers-of-an-hour" is a kind of...):

hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)