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Mirabilis
(gcide) | Mirabilis \Mi*rab"i*lis\, prop. n. [L., wonderful.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants. See Four-o'clock.
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mirabilis
(wn) | Mirabilis
n 1: four o'clocks [syn: Mirabilis, genus Mirabilis] |
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Mirabilis Jalapa
(gcide) | Jalap \Jal"ap\, n. [F., fr. Sp. jalapa; -- so called from
Jalapa, a town in Mexico, whence it was first obtained.]
(Med.)
The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipom[oe]a purga (or
Exogonium purga) of the family Convolvulaceae, a climber
much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and
powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative
(cathartic) medicines, and are also called jalap. Other
species of Ipom[oe]a yield several inferior kinds of jalap,
as the Ipom[oe]a Orizabensis, and Ipom[oe]a tuberosa.
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False jalap, the root of Mirabilis Jalapa, four-o'clock,
or marvel of Peru.
[1913 Webster]marvel of Peru \marvel of Peru\, marvel-of-Peru \marvel-of-Peru\
n. (Bot.)
A common garden plant (Mirabilis jalapa or {Mirabilis
uniflora}) of North America having fragrant red or purple or
yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon; called
also four-o'clock. See four-o'clock.
Syn: common four-o'clock, marvel of Peru, Mirabilis jalapa,
Mirabilis uniflora.
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Mirabilis jalapa
(gcide) | Jalap \Jal"ap\, n. [F., fr. Sp. jalapa; -- so called from
Jalapa, a town in Mexico, whence it was first obtained.]
(Med.)
The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipom[oe]a purga (or
Exogonium purga) of the family Convolvulaceae, a climber
much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and
powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative
(cathartic) medicines, and are also called jalap. Other
species of Ipom[oe]a yield several inferior kinds of jalap,
as the Ipom[oe]a Orizabensis, and Ipom[oe]a tuberosa.
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False jalap, the root of Mirabilis Jalapa, four-o'clock,
or marvel of Peru.
[1913 Webster]marvel of Peru \marvel of Peru\, marvel-of-Peru \marvel-of-Peru\
n. (Bot.)
A common garden plant (Mirabilis jalapa or {Mirabilis
uniflora}) of North America having fragrant red or purple or
yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon; called
also four-o'clock. See four-o'clock.
Syn: common four-o'clock, marvel of Peru, Mirabilis jalapa,
Mirabilis uniflora.
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Mirabilis longiflora
(gcide) | maravilla \maravilla\ n.
1. A wildflower (Mirabilis multiflora) having vibrant deep
pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and
desert areas from Southern California to Southern Colorado
and into Mexico.
Syn: desert four o'clock, Colorado four o'clock, {Mirabilis
multiflora}.
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2. A leafy wildflower (Mirabilis longiflora) having
fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped
flowers; found in the Southwestern US and Northern Mexico.
Syn: sweet four o'clock, Mirabilis longiflora.
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Mirabilis multiflora
(gcide) | maravilla \maravilla\ n.
1. A wildflower (Mirabilis multiflora) having vibrant deep
pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and
desert areas from Southern California to Southern Colorado
and into Mexico.
Syn: desert four o'clock, Colorado four o'clock, {Mirabilis
multiflora}.
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2. A leafy wildflower (Mirabilis longiflora) having
fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped
flowers; found in the Southwestern US and Northern Mexico.
Syn: sweet four o'clock, Mirabilis longiflora.
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Mirabilis uniflora
(gcide) | marvel of Peru \marvel of Peru\, marvel-of-Peru \marvel-of-Peru\
n. (Bot.)
A common garden plant (Mirabilis jalapa or {Mirabilis
uniflora}) of North America having fragrant red or purple or
yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon; called
also four-o'clock. See four-o'clock.
Syn: common four-o'clock, marvel of Peru, Mirabilis jalapa,
Mirabilis uniflora.
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Welwitschia mirabilis
(gcide) | Welwitschia \Wel*witsch"i*a\, n. [NL. So named after the
discoverer, Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch.] (Bot.)
An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the
order Gnetaceae. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped
stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the
cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into
diverging segments.
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boletus mirabilis
(wn) | Boletus mirabilis
n 1: a fungus that is edible when young and fresh; has a dark
brown convex cap with a yellow to greenish under surface
and reddish stalk |
genus mirabilis
(wn) | genus Mirabilis
n 1: four o'clocks [syn: Mirabilis, genus Mirabilis] |
mirabilis
(wn) | Mirabilis
n 1: four o'clocks [syn: Mirabilis, genus Mirabilis] |
mirabilis californica
(wn) | Mirabilis californica
n 1: California four o'clock with purple-red flowers [syn:
California four o'clock, Mirabilis laevis, {Mirabilis
californica}] |
mirabilis jalapa
(wn) | Mirabilis jalapa
n 1: common garden plant of North America having fragrant red or
purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late
afternoon [syn: common four-o'clock, marvel-of-Peru,
Mirabilis jalapa, Mirabilis uniflora] |
mirabilis laevis
(wn) | Mirabilis laevis
n 1: California four o'clock with purple-red flowers [syn:
California four o'clock, Mirabilis laevis, {Mirabilis
californica}] |
mirabilis longiflora
(wn) | Mirabilis longiflora
n 1: leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink
trumpet-shaped flowers; southwestern United States and
northern Mexico [syn: sweet four o'clock, maravilla,
Mirabilis longiflora] |
mirabilis multiflora
(wn) | Mirabilis multiflora
n 1: wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-
blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from
southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico
[syn: desert four o'clock, Colorado four o'clock,
maravilla, Mirabilis multiflora] |
mirabilis oblongifolia
(wn) | Mirabilis oblongifolia
n 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 [syn: {mountain four
o'clock}, Mirabilis oblongifolia] |
mirabilis uniflora
(wn) | Mirabilis uniflora
n 1: common garden plant of North America having fragrant red or
purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late
afternoon [syn: common four-o'clock, marvel-of-Peru,
Mirabilis jalapa, Mirabilis uniflora] |
welwitschia mirabilis
(wn) | Welwitschia mirabilis
n 1: curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having
a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep
taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves
growing from the base; living relic of a flora long
disappeared; some may be 700-5000 years old [syn:
welwitschia, Welwitschia mirabilis] |
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