Meanings
adjectivenoctiflorous (not comparable)
- not comparableThat flowers at night.
Some, for example, open them all day, while others expand them only in the evening. There are likewise noctiflorous plants, which close their flowers in the morning.
1863, Lucy Hooper, The Lady's Book of Flowers and Poetry
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