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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

... remember you let me chatter away about my family, my cousin, and my foolish little affairs with the sweetest patience, and made me very happy by your interest. I was homesick, and Aunt could never bear to hear of those things. It was before your marriage, and all the kinder, for you were the queen of the night, yet had a word for ...

— The Abbot's Ghost, Or Maurice Treherne's Temptation • A. M. Barnard