HyperDic: tabernaemontana

English > 1 sense of the word Tabernaemontana:
NOUNplantTabernaemontana, genus Tabernaemontanaevergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap
English > Tabernaemontana: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningevergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap.
Synonymgenus Tabernaemontana
Member ofApocynaceae, family Apocynaceae, dogbane familychiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers
Memberscrape jasmine, crepe jasmine, crepe gardenia, pinwheel flower, East Indian rosebay, Adam's apple, Nero's crown, coffee rose, Tabernaemontana divaricateTropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus tabernaemontana, tabernaemontana
Catalangenus tabernaemontana, tabernaemontana

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