four-o'clock

[ fawr-uh-klok, fohr- ]

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noun

a common garden plant, Mirabilis jalapa, of the four-o'clock family, having tubular red, white, yellow, or variegated flowers that open late in the afternoon.
any plant of the same genus.

four-o'clock

Also calledmarvel-of-Peru a tropical American nyctaginaceous plant, Mirabilis jalapa , cultivated for its tubular yellow, red, or white flowers that open in late afternoon
another name for friarbird , esp the noisy friarbird ( Philemon corniculatus ): so called because of its cry

First recorded in 1750–60

At four oclock, to the minute, the fanfare sounds, and the crowd streams into the theatre.

That night he came in late, and wandered up and down the hall until almost four oclock in the morning.

But at last, on Monday afternoon, at four oclock, the storm quieted so we were able to square away again for the Windward Passage.

At four oclock on the morning of March 25, 1865, Gordon had everything in readiness.

They were taken from jail at about four oclock on Monday morning, and reached Portsea about eleven.

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