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marvel of Peru

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Mirabilis jalapa, an ornamental flowering plant from the Americas, used until the 19th century also medicinally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: false jalap, four o'clock, four-o'clock flower

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَبّ اللَيْل (šabb al-layl) — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Catalan: flor de nit — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Catalan: meravella de nit — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Catalan: mirabajà — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Cebuano: alas kwatro — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Cebuano: marabilya — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紫茉莉 (zǐmòlì) — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地雷花 — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Finnish: ihmekukka — Mirabilis jalapa
  • French: belle-de-nuit — Mirabilis jalapa
  • French: merveille du Pérou — Mirabilis jalapa
  • German: Wunderblume — Mirabilis jalapa
  • German: falsche Jalappa — Mirabilis jalapa
  • German: Nachtschön — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Hebrew: מלכת הלילה (malkát haláyla) — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Italian: bella di notte — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Japanese: 白粉花 (oshiroi-bana) — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Khmer: ពេល (peel) — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Korean: 분꽃 (bunkkot) — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Maltese: ħommejr — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Polish: dziwaczek peruwiański — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Portuguese: maravilha — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Portuguese: bonina — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Russian: ночна́я краса́вица (nočnája krasávica) — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Serbo-Croatian: ноћу́рак — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Serbo-Croatian: перу̀а̄нскӣ ноћу́рак — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Serbo-Croatian: но̀ћна фра̏јла — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Serbo-Croatian: noćúrak — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Serbo-Croatian: perùānskī noćúrak — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Serbo-Croatian: nòćna frȁjla — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Spanish: maravilla — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Spanish: dondiego de noche — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Swedish: underblomma — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Thai: บานเย็น (baan-yen) — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Turkish: akşamsefası — Mirabilis jalapa
  • Welsh: rhyfeddod Periw — Mirabilis jalapa