Bible Dictionaries
Four-O'clock

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The friar bird; - so called from its cry, which resembles these words.

(2):

(n.) A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four-o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Four-O'clock'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/four-oclock.html. 1828.