HyperDic: osmanthus

English > 1 sense of the word Osmanthus:
NOUNplantOsmanthus, genus Osmanthuswidely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan
English > Osmanthus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningwidely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan.
Synonymgenus Osmanthus
Member ofOleaceae, family Oleaceae, olive familyTrees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits
Membersdevilwood, American olive, Osmanthus americanussmall tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus osmanthus, osmanthus
Catalangenus osmanthus, osmanthus

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