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GARDENIA JASMINOIDES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gardenia jasminoides mean? 

GARDENIA JASMINOIDES (noun)
  The noun GARDENIA JASMINOIDES has 1 sense:

1. evergreen shrub widely cultivated for its large fragrant waxlike white flowers and glossy leavesplay

  Familiarity information: GARDENIA JASMINOIDES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GARDENIA JASMINOIDES (noun)


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Meaning:

Evergreen shrub widely cultivated for its large fragrant waxlike white flowers and glossy leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cape jasmine; cape jessamine; Gardenia augusta; Gardenia jasminoides

Hypernyms ("Gardenia jasminoides" is a kind of...):

gardenia (any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers)


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