Definition of "moonflower" []

• Any of several night-blooming vines related to the morning glories. (noun)

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• "Abuse of the poisonous datura, a form of jimson weed also known as moonflower, has been on the rise since September, particularly in West Ada County, Ada County sheriff's Detective Ryan Pacheco said during a press conference Thursday."
• "The moonflower Fancy had taken from her backyard and planted in the happy place after Gabriel had attacked her had grown into a tree with yummy-smelling fruit in the shape of tiny white crescents."
• "But I do not dig graves, only cradles, for wolfsbane and moonflower, evening primrose and columbine."