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CHILEAN JASMINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chilean jasmine mean? 

CHILEAN JASMINE (noun)
  The noun CHILEAN JASMINE has 1 sense:

1. woody vine of Argentina grown as an ornamental for its glossy leaves and racemes of large fragrant funnel-shaped creamy-white flowersplay

  Familiarity information: CHILEAN JASMINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHILEAN JASMINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Woody vine of Argentina grown as an ornamental for its glossy leaves and racemes of large fragrant funnel-shaped creamy-white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chilean jasmine; Mandevilla laxa

Hypernyms ("Chilean jasmine" is a kind of...):

liana (a woody climbing usually tropical plant)

Holonyms ("Chilean jasmine" is a member of...):

Dipladenia; genus Dipladenia; genus Mandevilla; Mandevilla (genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap)


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