HyperDic: cestrum_nocturnum

English > 1 sense of the expression Cestrum nocturnum:
NOUNplantCestrum nocturnum, night jasmine, night jessamineWest Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night
English > Cestrum nocturnum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningWest Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night.
Synonymsnight jasmine, night jessamine
Member ofCestrum, genus Cestrumgenus of fragrant tropical American shrubs
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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