night jasmine


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night jasmine

n.
1. An Asian shrub or small tree (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis) having opposite leaves and small, fragrant flowers with an orange tube and white lobes.
2. A West Indian shrub (Cestrum nocturnum) having tubular greenish-white flowers that are very fragrant at night.
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Noun1.night jasmine - West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night
Cestrum nocturnum, night jessamine
Cestrum, genus Cestrum - genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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