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MANDEVILLA LAXA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mandevilla laxa mean?
• MANDEVILLA LAXA (noun)
The noun MANDEVILLA LAXA 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 flowers
Familiarity information: MANDEVILLA LAXA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("Mandevilla laxa" is a kind of...):
liana (a woody climbing usually tropical plant)
Holonyms ("Mandevilla laxa" 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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