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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 Mexicoplay

  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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