Belle de Nuit (Fr., 'beauty of the night'), a name sometimes given to the Marvel of Peru (Mirabilis jalapa), sometimes also to certain tropical American and West Indian species of Convolvulaceæ, with extremely beautiful and fragrant flowers, which open only during the night.
Belle de Nuit
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 61
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