English > Tabernaemontana: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap. |
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Synonym | genus Tabernaemontana |
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Member of | Apocynaceae, family Apocynaceae, dogbane family | chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers |
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Members | crape jasmine, crepe jasmine, crepe gardenia, pinwheel flower, East Indian rosebay, Adam's apple, Nero's crown, coffee rose, Tabernaemontana divaricate | Tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas |
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Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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Spanish | genus tabernaemontana, tabernaemontana |
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Catalan | genus tabernaemontana, tabernaemontana |
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