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Definition of Mirabilis jalapa
1. Noun. Common garden plant of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon.
Generic synonyms: Four O'clock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mirabilis Jalapa
Literary usage of Mirabilis jalapa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year by John Charles Frémont (1845)
"Beautiful clusters of the plant resembling mirabilis jalapa were numerous, ...
mirabilis jalapa ..."
2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"... or druggists suppose it to be the extract of the Mirabilis jalapa root, the
dose giren is sixteen grains ; one seer costs four rupees.—Gen. Med. ..."
3. The Vegetable Materia Medica of Western India by William Dymock (1885)
"... the leaves have the remarkable peculiarity of becoming darker in the shade,
and bleaching when exposed to strong sunlight. MirabiliS Jalapa, Linn. ..."
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