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Webster 1913 Edition


Sleep-at-noon

Sleep′-at-noon′

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A plant (
Tragopogon pratensis
) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat’s beard.
Dr. Prior.

Definition 2024


sleep-at-noon

sleep-at-noon

English

Noun

sleep-at-noon (uncountable)

  1. A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon.
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