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BRUNFELSIA AMERICANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brunfelsia americana mean? 

BRUNFELSIA AMERICANA (noun)
  The noun BRUNFELSIA AMERICANA has 1 sense:

1. West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowersplay

  Familiarity information: BRUNFELSIA AMERICANA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRUNFELSIA AMERICANA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brunfelsia americana; lady-of-the-night

Hypernyms ("Brunfelsia americana" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Brunfelsia americana" is a member of...):

Brunfelsia; genus Brunfelsia (genus of tropical American shrubs grown for their flowers followed by fleshy berrylike fruits)


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