DESERT FOUR O'CLOCK

 I. (noun) 

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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

Synonyms:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("desert four o'clock" 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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