Queen of the Night

Queen of the Night

Queen of the night is a common name for varieties of flowering plants, especially:

* Nightblooming cereus, several genera and species of cactus
* "Cestrum nocturnum", a woody evergreen commonly known as Night-blooming Cestrum

Queen of the Night can also also refer to:

* Königin der Nacht, a major character in the 1791 Mozart opera "The Magic Flute"
** "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" from "The Magic Flute", commonly known as "The Queen of the Night Aria"
* "Queen of the Night" (song), a 1993 single by Whitney Houston
* The Burney Relief goddess as named by the British Museum in 2003


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