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moonflowers

moonflowers is the plural of moonflower.

Meaning of moonflower

Noun

moonflower (plural moonflowers)

  1. (obsolete) An ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare).
  2. A corn marigold (Glebionis segetum).
  3. Any member of certain species of the genus Ipomoea of morning-glory vines ,
    • Hôtel Saint-George […] through whose exotic gardens of giant contorted euphorbia and sweet-smelling moonflowers Churchill and the titans of the Second World War strolled, laying plans for a world in which Anglo-Saxon predominance seemed assured in perpetuity.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 46
  4. especially, Ipomoea alba (tropical white morning-glory).
    Synonyms:
    moon flower, moonvine
  5. Any member of any of the species in the genera Cereus and Stenocereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.) of columnar cactuses.
  6. Any member of any of the species in the genus Datura (devil's trumpets, thorn apples), including Datura innoxia (angel's trumpet).

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Questions about moonflowers

What is moonflowers the plural of?
Moonflowers is the plural of moonflower.

Words near moonflowers in the dictionary

  1. moonflask
  2. moonflasks
  3. moonflight
  4. moonflights
  5. moonflower
  6. moonflowers
  7. moonful
  8. moonfuls
  9. moong
  10. moong bean
  11. moong beans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moonflowers (page history and authors); moonflower (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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