HyperDic: mountain_four_o[clock

English > 1 sense of the expression mountain four o'clock:
NOUNplantmountain four o'clock, Mirabilis oblongifolialeafy wildflower with lavender-pink flowers that open in the evening and remain through cool part of the next day
English > mountain four o'clock: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningleafy wildflower with lavender-pink flowers that open in the evening and remain through cool part of the next day; found in open woods or brush in mountains of southern Colorado to Arizona and into Mexico.
SynonymMirabilis oblongifolia
Broaderfour o'clockAny of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon

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