MARVEL-OF-PERU (marvels-of-peru)

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Irregular inflected form: marvels-of-peru   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does marvel-of-Peru mean? 

• MARVEL-OF-PERU (noun)
  The noun MARVEL-OF-PERU has 1 sense:

1. common garden plant of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon

  Familiarity information: MARVEL-OF-PERU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARVEL-OF-PERU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common garden plant of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common four-o'clock; marvel-of-Peru; Mirabilis jalapa; Mirabilis uniflora

Hypernyms ("marvel-of-Peru" is a kind of...):

four o'clock (any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon)