Marvel-of-Peru


[mahr-vuh l-uh v-puh-roo] /ˈmɑr vəl əv pəˈru/

noun
1.
the four-o’clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
noun (pl) marvels-of-Peru
1.
another name for four-o’clock (sense 1)

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