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BRUNFELSIA AMERICANA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Brunfelsia americana mean?
• BRUNFELSIA AMERICANA (noun)
The noun BRUNFELSIA AMERICANA has 1 sense:
1. West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers
Familiarity information: BRUNFELSIA AMERICANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Brunfelsia americana; lady-of-the-night
Hypernyms ("Brunfelsia americana" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Brunfelsia americana" is a member of...):
Brunfelsia; genus Brunfelsia (genus of tropical American shrubs grown for their flowers followed by fleshy berrylike fruits)
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