Lexic.us

Definition of Maravilla

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maravilla

marathon runner marathoner marathoners marathoning marathonings marathonlike marathons maraud marauded marauder

marauders marauding marauds maravedis maravilla (current term) maraviroc marbelize marbelized marbelizes marbelizing

marble marble-wood marble bone disease marble bones marble bones disease marble cake marble cakes marble cheese marble cutters' phthisis

Literary usage of Maravilla

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Historia Crítica de la Literatura Espanola by José Amador de los Ríos (1865)
"... existian ricas y dilatadas comarcas, en que era lengua familiar el habla castellana, no siendo por tanto maravilla que t Dicha influencia se insinúa en ..."

2. With a Pessimist in Spain by Mary F. Nixon-Roulet (1899)
""LA maravilla." UIEN no ha vista Sevilla No ha vista maravilla," I quoted to my friend the morning after our arrival in Seville. "We are to see a marvel, ..."

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