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MIRABILIS CALIFORNICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mirabilis californica mean? 

MIRABILIS CALIFORNICA (noun)
  The noun MIRABILIS CALIFORNICA has 1 sense:

1. California four o'clock with purple-red flowersplay

  Familiarity information: MIRABILIS CALIFORNICA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MIRABILIS CALIFORNICA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

California four o'clock with purple-red flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

California four o'clock; Mirabilis californica; Mirabilis laevis

Hypernyms ("Mirabilis californica" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Mirabilis californica" is a member of...):

genus Mirabilis; Mirabilis (four o'clocks)


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