sleep-at-noon

English

Noun

sleep-at-noon (uncountable)

A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sleep-at-noon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

on one's plate

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