Joseph's flower \Jo"seph's flow"er\ (Bot.) A composite herb ({Tragopogon pratensis}), of the same genus as the salsify. Sleep-at-noon \Sleep"-at-noon"\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Tragopogon pratensis}) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard. --Dr. Prior.
Tragopogon pratensis n : weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States [syn: {meadow salsify}, {goatsbeard}, {shepherd's clock}]