HyperDic: night_jessamine

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

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