four-o'clock family — the plant family Nyctaginaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical herbaceous plants and shrubs having colored, petallike bracts beneath petalless flowers and winged or grooved dry fruit, and including the bougainvillea and four o clock. * * * … Universalium
four-o'clock — [fôr′ə kläk΄] adj. designating a family (Nyctaginaceae, order Caryophyllales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the bougainvilleas n. any of a genus (Mirabilis) of chiefly tropical American plants of the four o clock family, bearing petal less… … English World dictionary
four-o'clock — /fawr euh klok , fohr /, n. 1. a common garden plant, Mirabilis jalapa, of the four o clock family, having tubular red, white, yellow, or variegated flowers that open late in the afternoon. 2. any plant of the same genus. [1750 60] * * *… … Universalium
four-o'clock — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a plant of the genus Mirabilis: as a. : a common garden plant (M. jalapa) with fragrant yellow, red, or white flowers that open late in the afternoon called also marvel of Peru b. : a California plant (M. laevis) with red … Useful english dictionary
four-o'clock — noun Date: 1756 any of a genus (Mirabilis) of chiefly American annual or perennial herbs (family Nyctaginaceae, the four o clock family) having apetalous flowers with a showy involucre simulating a calyx; especially a garden plant (M. jalapa)… … New Collegiate Dictionary
family Allioniaceae — noun a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales • Syn: ↑Nyctaginaceae, ↑family Nyctaginaceae, ↑Allioniaceae, ↑four o clock family • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Nyctaginaceae — noun a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales • Syn: ↑Nyctaginaceae, ↑Allioniaceae, ↑family Allioniaceae, ↑four o clock family • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Four Times of the Day — is a series of four paintings by English artist William Hogarth. Completed in 1736, they were reproduced as a series of four engravings published in 1738. They are humorous depictions of life in the streets of London, the vagaries of fashion, and … Wikipedia
Clock patience — Clock Clock is a Patience game. See also Glossary of solitaire. Alternative Names Travellers Named Variants Watch Deck Single 52 card Family Non Builder … Wikipedia
Clock King — Publication information Publisher DC Comics First appearance (Tockman) World s Finest Comics #111 (August 1960) (Tem) Teen Titans #57 … Wikipedia
