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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 day
Familiarity information: CESTRUM DIURNUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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