Meaning of noonflower | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Referring to various species of flowers.
2. Tragopogon, a type of aster that closes at midday.
3. Flowers of the family Aizoaceae, especially those of the genus Carpobrotus.
4. Flowers of the genus Bauhinia.

Examples

“Noon-flower, or Noon-tide, from its closing at midday, and marking the hour of noon, / Tragopogon pratensis, L.”

“... especially the sultriness between noonflower and the four-o'clock's opening”

“Along the seacoast from San Francisco to Patagonia, the trailing juicy stems and leaves of the noonflower hang⟳ curtains of vivid green over the sea cliffs or spread⟳ soft mats on the bare earth.”

“A more spectacular plant⟳ is the noonflower, which often forms huge swards of mauve flowers, from coastal salt marshes through to inland deserts. This is a more delicate-looking version of the pigface.”

“I find⟳ little low creeping things as in the hills: variable groundsel, small-leaved clematis, magenta noonflower that Nan calls pig's-face”

“Karkalla belongs to the noonflower or pigface family, Aizoaceae.”

“Coastal noonflower (Carpobrotus glaucescens) is a succulent groundcover with deep-red fruit that has a refreshing taste⟳.”

“For isolated shrubs , and not too many at that, the lack of all appearance of striving after there would be the spreading noonflower, bauhinia, dracaumas with their warm-hued leaves, […]”

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