CESTRUM NOCTURNUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cestrum nocturnum mean? 

• CESTRUM NOCTURNUM (noun)
  The noun CESTRUM NOCTURNUM has 1 sense:

1. West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night

  Familiarity information: CESTRUM NOCTURNUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CESTRUM NOCTURNUM (noun)

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Meaning:

West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cestrum nocturnum; night jasmine; night jessamine

Hypernyms ("Cestrum nocturnum" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Cestrum nocturnum" is a member of...):

Cestrum; genus Cestrum (genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs)