Sleeping Beauty

Meanings

1. A fairy tale originally titled La Belle au bois dormant by Charles Perrault.
2. The main character in this story, who is in unbroken slumber under a magical spell, awaiting the kiss of a prince.
3. A transposon used in genetic engineering.
4. One who is asleep at an inappropriate time.

1. Alternative letter-case form of sleeping beauty (Oxalis corniculata).

1. A creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata) a somewhat delicate-appearing, low-growing herbaceous plant, found in warm-temperate and subtropical climates worldwide.

Etymology

In the genetics sense, so called because the transposon was brought back to activity from a long evolutionary sleep.