noon-flower

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• Noon-flower

  ·noun The goat's beard, whose flowers close at midday. ...

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• Noon

  ·noun Hence, the highest point; culmination. II. Noon ·vi To take rest and refreshment at noon. II...

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• noon

  Mid-day. ...

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• Flower

  ·noun Menstrual discharges. II. Flower ·noun Grain pulverized; meal; flour. III. Flower ·vi To com...

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• noon-scape

  the time when labourers rest after dinner. Lane. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• apparent noon

  The instant that the sun's centre is on the meridian of a place. ...

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• mean noon

  The noon of a mean day supposing the year to be divided into days of equal length. It differs from a...

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• Ball-flower

  ·noun An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup roun...

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• Flannel flower

  ·add. ·- The common mullein. II. Flannel flower ·add. ·- A Brazilian apocynaceous vine (Macrosiphon...

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• Flower State

  ·add. ·- Florida; — a nickname, alluding to sense of ·Lat. floridus, from florida flowery. ·see <<F...

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• Flower-fence

  ·noun A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, / Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and ...

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• Flower-gentle

  ·noun A species of amaranth (Amarantus melancholicus). ...

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• Gang-flower

  ·noun The common English milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), so called from blossoming in gang week. ...

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• Joseph's flower

  ·- A composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the salsify. ...

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• July-flower

  ·noun ·see <<Gillyflower>>. ...

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• coral-flower

  n. a plant, Epacris (q.v.), Epacris microphylla, R. Br., N.O. Epacrideae. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• cushion-flower

  n. i.q. Hakea laurina,R. Br. See hakea. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• flannel flower

  n. an Australian flower, Actinotus helianthi, Labill., N.O. Compositae. It ranges from Gippsland to...

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• flax-flower

  n. the flower of the NewZealand Flax (q.v.). 1872. A. Domett, `Ranolf,' xiv. 3, p. 221: «little i...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• flower-pecker

  n. bird-name used elsewhere,but in Australia assigned to Dicaeum hirundinaceum, Lath. ...

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• glory flower

  or Glory Pea ,i.q. clianthus (q.v.). ...

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• honey-flower

  n. Lambertia formosa, Smith, N.O. Proteaceae. 1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' c...

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• passion-flower, native

  n. Several speciesof the genus Passiflora are so called in Australia;some are indigenous, some natu...

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• rice-flower

  n. a gardeners' name for thecultivated species of Pimalea (q.v.). The Rice-flowers are beautiful ev...

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• Sleep-at-noon

  ·noun A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard. ...

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• Flower-de-luce

  ·noun A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often ...

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• Flower de Luce

  A messuage and brewhouse so called in Golding Layne in parish of St. Giles without Creplegate, 33 El...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• native passion-flower

  n. See passion-flower. ...

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• side-saddle flower

  (Lat. Sarracenia.) A plant, as well as its whole genus, of very singular structure. It grows in swam...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon

  (1795-1854) Poet and biographer, s. of a brewer at Reading, where he was b., and which he represent...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• The Flower de Luce, Flower de Luce Alley, Court

  See Fleur de lis Court1, Fetter Lane. ...

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• Flower de Lis Court

  1) South out of Bristol Street. In Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lond. Guide, 1758). "Flower ...

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• Flower de Luce Alley

  South out of Thames Street (Leake, 1666) on the east side of Fishmongers' Hall. The site was afterw...

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• Flower de Luce Court

  1) East out of Foster Lane, in Aldersgate Ward (O. and M. 1677), north of Carey Street. The site is...

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• flower of the winds

  The mariner's compass on maps and charts. ...

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• Flower de Luce Alley, Court

  West out of Grub Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). In Strype, "Flow...

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• Flower de Luce Court, Alley

  Out of St. Michael's Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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• Flower de Luce, Crutched Friars

  See Flower de Lis Court. ...

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