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/kwin əv ðə naɪt/ Listen

Queen of the night

noun

Tropical American climbing cactus having triangular branches; often cultivated for its large showy night-blooming flowers followed by yellow red-streaked fruits. Synonym: Selenicereus grandiflorus.

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"Queen of the night" Quotes from Famous Books

... discovered that his ideal was neither a rosy Daughter of the Dawn, nor a tragic Queen of the Night—she was a merry-faced, neutral-tinted Sister of the Afternoon, a girl with brown hair, so dark as to be black by night, and big brown eyes. A girl with a rich contralto voice that commanded or cajoled in a most distracting fashion. A girl ...

— Fire Mountain - A Thrilling Sea Story • Norman Springer

... your guardian, must insist on your taking a little rest and under my protection, for, should I allow you to take it with any other, the gay gallant would have the queen of the night back amidst the revelry. ...

— A Heart-Song of To-day • Annie Gregg Savigny

Words linked to "Queen of the night" : night-blooming cereus