| 释义 |
> as lemmasmarvel of Peru marvel of Peru n. [compare French merveille du Pérou (1667), Spanish maravílla del Perú (1706 or earlier)] an ornamental plant, Mirabilis jalapa (family Nyctaginaceae), native to tropical America, which produces terminal clusters of handsome funnel-shaped flowers opening in the late afternoon and withering the following morning. Also †marvel of the world (obsolete). Also figurative.Also called false jalap, four o'clock flower, pretty-by-night.< |