TRAILING FOUR O'CLOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trailing four o'clock mean? 

• TRAILING FOUR O'CLOCK (noun)
  The noun TRAILING FOUR O'CLOCK has 1 sense:

1. trailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground; found in dry gravelly or sandy soil; southwestern United States and Mexico

  Familiarity information: TRAILING FOUR O'CLOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAILING FOUR O'CLOCK (noun)

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Meaning:

Trailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground; found in dry gravelly or sandy soil; southwestern United States and Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Allionia incarnata; trailing four o'clock; trailing windmills

Hypernyms ("trailing four o'clock" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("trailing four o'clock" is a member of...):

Allionia; genus Allionia (small genus of chiefly American herbs)