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MIRABILIS OBLONGIFOLIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mirabilis oblongifolia mean?
• MIRABILIS OBLONGIFOLIA (noun)
The noun MIRABILIS OBLONGIFOLIA has 1 sense:
1. leafy wildflower with lavender-pink flowers that open in the evening and remain through cool part of the next day; found in open woods or brush in mountains of southern Colorado to Arizona and into Mexico
Familiarity information: MIRABILIS OBLONGIFOLIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MIRABILIS OBLONGIFOLIA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leafy wildflower with lavender-pink flowers that open in the evening and remain through cool part of the next day; found in open woods or brush in mountains of southern Colorado to Arizona and into Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Mirabilis oblongifolia; mountain four o'clock
Hypernyms ("Mirabilis oblongifolia" is a kind of...):
four o'clock (any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon)
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