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Definition of Flower-of-an-hour
1. Noun. Annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America.
Generic synonyms: Hibiscus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flower-of-an-hour
Literary usage of Flower-of-an-hour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora Domestica, Or, The Portable Flower-garden: With Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent, Leigh Hunt (1831)
"... or Flower of an Hour/" Notwithstanding the facetiousness of the good Gerarde,
however, the Venice Mallow must be contented with her own natural ..."
2. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"289 Flower-of-an-Hour, Flower and Leaves of 291 Musk Mallow, Flower and Leaves
of 292 Actinidia, Leaf of 295 Gold Flower, Flowering Stem of 296 Pansy, ..."
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