peacock-flower

[ pee-kok-flou-er ]

/ ˈpiˌkɒkˌflaʊ ər /

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Origin of peacock-flower

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby peacock-flower

peacoat, peacock, peacock blue, peacock butterfly, peacock chair, peacock-flower, peacock ore, peacock plant, peacock's tail, peacock worm, pea crab

How to use peacock-flower in a sentence

He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Her very first performance onstage came at the age of 4, when she cameoed as a dancing flower in the musical Bye Bye Birdie.
Jena Malone’s Long, Strange Trip From Homelessness to Hollywood Stardom|Marlow Stern|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are lovingly tended flower beds along each road and surrounding every barrack.
Afghanistan, We Hardly Knew You|Jonathan Foreman|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Peacock served as an expert witness on grizzlies in federal court for Glacier National Park.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Doug Peacock has been writing and lecturing about Yellowstone's bears for 40 years.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
The flower stems on the American varieties are much longer than those of European tobaccos and also larger.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The Daily News, in referring to this, suggests that "peacock temper" was a misprint for "pique, or temper."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
Black Sheep retreated to the nursery and read "Cometh up as a Flower" with deep and uncomprehending interest.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Her face was mild and pale; but it was the transparent hue of the virgin flower of spring, clad in her veiling leaves.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter