Definition of "four-o'clock" [four•-o'clock]

Any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis, especially M. jalapa, native to tropical America and widely cultivated for its funnel-shaped or tubular, variously colored flowers that open late in the afternoon. (noun)

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Use "four-o'clock" in a sentence

"The administration always saved bad news for the four-o'clock mail drop-off on Fridays."
"After a day of second thoughts, and three conversations with her friend Audrey Payne in Utah, Blythe parked her Taurus in the agreed-upon location an hour before the four-o'clock rendezvous and hid in a carefully selected spot in some woods above the picnic area."
"She read a lot, mainly plays and novels, and tended her favorite flowers, garden balsam, hibiscus, common four-o'clock, and roses of Sharon in pots in the courtyard, where she also cultivated dwarf trees."

Words like "four-o'clock"

afternoon lady

california four o'clock

colorado four o'clock

common four-o'clock

desert four o'clock

flower maravilla

marvel of peru

marvel-of-peru

mirabilis californica

Mirabilis jalapa

mirabilis laevis

mirabilis multiflora

mirabilis oblongifolia

mirabilis uniflora

sweet four o'clock