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STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Stephanotis floribunda mean? 

STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA (noun)
  The noun STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA has 1 sense:

1. twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regionsplay

  Familiarity information: STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Madagascar jasmine; Stephanotis floribunda; waxflower

Hypernyms ("Stephanotis floribunda" is a kind of...):

stephanotis (any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers)

Holonyms ("Stephanotis floribunda" is a member of...):

genus Stephanotis (genus of Old World tropical woody vines)


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