eve|ning-snow

eve|ning-snow
eve|ning-snow «EEV nihng SNOH», noun.
a delicate herb of California, with white flowers that open about four o'clock in the afternoon and close in the morning, and are so abundant on open slopes that they whiten the ground.

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