PINWHEEL FLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pinwheel flower mean? 

• PINWHEEL FLOWER (noun)
  The noun PINWHEEL FLOWER has 1 sense:

1. tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand

  Familiarity information: PINWHEEL FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PINWHEEL FLOWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Adam's apple; coffee rose; crape jasmine; crepe gardenia; crepe jasmine; East Indian rosebay; Nero's crown; pinwheel flower; Tabernaemontana divaricate

Hypernyms ("pinwheel flower" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("pinwheel flower" is a member of...):

genus Tabernaemontana; Tabernaemontana (evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap)