NOUN | plant | Cestrum, genus Cestrum | genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs |
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Meaning | genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs. | |
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Synonym | genus Cestrum | |
Member of | Solanaceae, family Solanaceae, potato family | large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous |
Members | day jessamine, Cestrum diurnum | West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day |
night jasmine, night jessamine, Cestrum nocturnum | West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night | |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
Spanish | cestrum, genus cestrum | |
Catalan | cestrum, Cestrum, genus cestrum |
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