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NIGHT JASMINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does night jasmine mean?
• NIGHT JASMINE (noun)
The noun NIGHT JASMINE has 1 sense:
1. West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night
Familiarity information: NIGHT JASMINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cestrum nocturnum; night jasmine; night jessamine
Hypernyms ("night jasmine" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("night jasmine" is a member of...):
Cestrum; genus Cestrum (genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs)
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