marvel-of-Peru
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of marvel-of-Peru
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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One of the commonest flowers in Antigua is the Four o’clock, mirabilis jalapa, or marvel of Peru, so called from the circumstance of its opening its pretty petals at that hour of the day.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
It was still, and the fragrance of the tobacco plant and the marvel of Peru floated in at the open window.
From The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance
Kovrin remembered the raptures of the previous summer when there had been the same scent of the marvel of Peru and the moon had shone in at the window.
From The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance
In the flower-beds are irregular clumps of marvel of Peru, some three feet high, of varied coloured blossom, coming up irregularly in wild luxuriance.
From A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán by De Windt, Harry
Yet it is a comparatively recent importation into India; it is only the flower known in Britain as "the marvel of Peru," and cannot have been introduced into India more than three hundred years ago.
From New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments by Morrison, John
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