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CRAPE JASMINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crape jasmine mean?
• CRAPE JASMINE (noun)
The noun CRAPE JASMINE has 1 sense:
1. tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
Familiarity information: CRAPE JASMINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Adam's apple; coffee rose; crape jasmine; crepe gardenia; crepe jasmine; East Indian rosebay; Nero's crown; pinwheel flower; Tabernaemontana divaricate
Hypernyms ("crape jasmine" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("crape jasmine" is a member of...):
genus Tabernaemontana; Tabernaemontana (evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap)
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