TRACHELOSPERMUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Trachelospermum mean? 

• TRACHELOSPERMUM (noun)
  The noun TRACHELOSPERMUM has 1 sense:

1. genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and stems

  Familiarity information: TRACHELOSPERMUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRACHELOSPERMUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and stems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Trachelospermum; Trachelospermum

Hypernyms ("Trachelospermum" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Trachelospermum"):

confederate jasmine; star jasmine; Trachelospermum jasminoides (evergreen Chinese woody climber with shiny dark green leaves and intensely fragrant white flowers)

Holonyms ("Trachelospermum" is a member of...):

Apocynaceae; dogbane family; family Apocynaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs)