The flowering plant Brunfelsia pauciflora.

A biannual plant distributed across Europe and North America (Tragopogon pratensis)

plural of nooner

A demon, thought to be active at the noon hour, that inclines its victims (usually monastics) to restlessness, excitability and inattention to their duties. Used as a synonym for acedia (Greek ακηδία (akidía)).

plural of noonday devil

(chiefly US, informal) A sexual encounter during lunch hour, especially one which is illicit.

The time of noon; the time of day when the sun is highest in the sky, especially on a hot day. / (figuratively) The time of greatest prosperity.

Noon. / Approximately noon. / (figuratively) The time at which something peaks in some way (e.g., in vitality, in influence, in reknown) (by analogy with the waxing of the sun each day).

Alternative spelling of Nyunga

(literary) midday, noon