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MARAVILLA

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• MARAVILLA (noun)
The noun MARAVILLA has 2 senses:

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
2. leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers; southwestern United States and northern Mexico

Familiarity information: MARAVILLA used as a noun is rare.

• MARAVILLA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Colorado four o'clock; desert four o'clock; maravilla; Mirabilis multiflora

Hypernyms ("maravilla" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers; southwestern United States and northern Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Mirabilis longiflora; sweet four o'clock; maravilla

Hypernyms ("maravilla" 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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