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ARAUJIA SERICOFERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Araujia sericofera mean? 

ARAUJIA SERICOFERA (noun)
  The noun ARAUJIA SERICOFERA has 1 sense:

1. robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawnplay

  Familiarity information: ARAUJIA SERICOFERA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARAUJIA SERICOFERA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Araujia sericofera; cruel plant

Hypernyms ("Araujia sericofera" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("Araujia sericofera" is a member of...):

Araujia; genus Araujia (small genus of South American evergreen vines)


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