MIRABILIS

Mirabilis, genus Mirabilis

(noun) four o’clocks

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

mirabilis (plural mirabilises)

(botany) Any of the plant genus Mirabilis; a four-o'clock.

Anagrams

• bisimilar

Source: Wiktionary


Mi*rab"i*lis, n. Etym: [L., wonderful.] (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of plants. See Four-o'clock.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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