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    MARVEL-OF-PERU

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    Irregular inflected form: marvels-of-peru  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (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 afternoonplay

    Synonyms:

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

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    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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