MIRABILIS JALAPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mirabilis jalapa mean? 

• MIRABILIS JALAPA (noun)
  The noun MIRABILIS JALAPA 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: MIRABILIS JALAPA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIRABILIS JALAPA (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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

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