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Any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis, especially M. jalapa, native to tropical America and widely cultivated for its funnel-shaped or tubular, variously colored flowers that open late in the afternoon.

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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called marvel-of-Peru a tropical American nyctaginaceous plant, Mirabilis jalapa, cultivated for its tubular yellow, red, or white flowers that open in late afternoon

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an Australian name for friarbird esp the noisy friarbird (Philemon corniculatus): so called because of its cry

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Allionia California four o'clock Colorado four o'clock common four-o'clock desert four o'clock False jalap four o'clock Friar bird genus Allionia genus Mirabilis maravilla marvel of Peru marvel-of-Peru Mirabilis Mirabilis californica Mirabilis jalapa Mirabilis laevis Mirabilis longiflora Mirabilis multiflora			four-flush four-flusher four-fold four-footed four-footed butterfly four-four time four-handed four-hitter four-hundredth four-in-hand four-lane four-lane highway four-leaf clover four-legged four-letter Anglo-Saxon word four-letter word four-lined leaf bug four-lined plant bug four-lobed four-membered four-minute four-minute man four-needled four-o'clock four-o'clock family Four-o'clocks four-part four-part harmony four-party four-petaled four-petalled four-ply four-poster four-pounder four-pronged four-round illumination diamond four-seater four-sided four-spot four-square four-star four-stroke four-stroke engine four-stroke internal-combustion engine four-tailed bandage four-way Four-way cock Four-way stop four-wheel four-wheel drive Four-wheeled			four-legged Four-Letter Abbreviation Four-Letter Abbreviation Hunt four-letter Anglo-Saxon word four-letter genetic code alphabet four-letter word four-letter words four-level laser Four-Level Phase Shift Keying Four-Level Pulse Amplitude Modulation four-limbed core four-lined leaf bug four-lined plant bug four-lobed four-membered four-minute four-minute man Four-minute mile Four-Mode Omissive/Transmissive Hybrid four-month pill Four-move checkmate four-needled four-o'clock four-o'clock four-o'clock family Four-o'clocks four-over-four four-part four-part harmony four-part vault four-party four-petaled four-petalled Four-Phase Differential Phase Shift Keying four-phase modulation Four-Phase Quadrature Amplitude Modulation four-pi counter four-piece butt match four-piece butt matching four-piece set four-plus-one address four-ply four-point four-point bearing four-point gait four-point gait four-point gait four-point gait four-pole double-throw four-poster four-poster bed

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