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CESTRUM DIURNUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cestrum diurnum mean? 

CESTRUM DIURNUM (noun)
  The noun CESTRUM DIURNUM has 1 sense:

1. West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by dayplay

  Familiarity information: CESTRUM DIURNUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CESTRUM DIURNUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cestrum diurnum; day jessamine

Hypernyms ("Cestrum diurnum" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Cestrum diurnum" is a member of...):

Cestrum; genus Cestrum (genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs)


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