maravilla
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- noun
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maravilla
- During our hike in the desert, we spotted a field of maravilla swaying gently in the breeze.
Examples
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The stigmatized maravilla makes a ghostly, tacit reappearance in the shards of gold still for sale in the Indian marketplace.
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Surprisingly or predictably, in view of the powerful presence of maravilla in the Segunda carta, the statement contains the single instance of the word in the Cuarta carta.
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Like the rebellious Indians whom Cortés confined in separate districts of the city, maravilla has been consigned to objects and disappeared.
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Before the fifth maravilla, the words of her sonnet leave aside the personal romantic tensions of the sarao guests to celebrate the momentous loves of the monarch Felipe IV.
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Bernal's storied raptures match, even imitate, Cort's entranced professions of maravilla.
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In the spring, the garden was filled with colorful maravilla flowers blooming all around.
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The maravilla is known for its vibrant trumpet-shaped blossoms that attract many pollinators.
Synonyms
A leafy wildflower with sweet-smelling white or pale pink trumpet flowers that blooms late afternoon
A leafy wildflower with long white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers that smell sweet in the evening
A desert plant with deep pink, tube-shaped flowers that open in the evening
A wildflower with deep pink tube-shaped flowers that open in the evening
A wildflower with deep pink tube-shaped flowers that open in the evening in desert areas
Surface Forms
Etymology
Maravilla is Spanish for 'wonder' and comes from the Latin mirabilis 'wonderful', like the English word marvel. So, a flower called a maravilla is named as a 'wonder' of nature because of its beautiful trumpet-shaped blooms.