boletus mirabilis | (n) a fungus that is edible when young and fresh; has a dark brown convex cap with a yellow to greenish under surface and reddish stalk |
mirabilis | (n) four o'clocks, Syn. genus Mirabilis |
california four o'clock | (n) California four o'clock with purple-red flowers, Syn. Mirabilis laevis, Mirabilis californica |
common four-o'clock | (n) common garden plant of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon, Syn. Mirabilis jalapa, Mirabilis uniflora, marvel-of-Peru |
desert four o'clock | (n) wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico, Syn. Colorado four o'clock, Mirabilis multiflora, maravilla |
mountain four o'clock | (n) leafy wildflower with lavender-pink flowers that open in the evening and remain through cool part of the next day; found in open woods or brush in mountains of southern Colorado to Arizona and into Mexico, Syn. Mirabilis oblongifolia |
sweet four o'clock | (n) leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers; southwestern United States and northern Mexico, Syn. Mirabilis longiflora, maravilla |
welwitschia | (n) curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared; some may be 700-5000 years old, Syn. Welwitschia mirabilis |