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Definition of Moonflowers
1. moonflower [n] - See also: moonflower
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonflowers
Literary usage of Moonflowers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Gardening: A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"The moonflowers are very popular in the South, where the seasons are long enough
to allow them to develop to perfection. In the North they must be started ..."
2. Pharais: A Romance of the Isles by William Sharp (1895)
"Only there is eternal silence: here, the dull menace of the sea made a ceaseless
murmur about the obscure coasts. As they entered the valley of moonflowers, ..."
3. Flowers and Their Friends by Margaret Warner Morley (1897)
"The morning-glories, we know, are closed, for they love the bees, but the
moonflowers are filling the air with perfume; their fragrance guides the moths to ..."
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