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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 regions
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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