LADY-OF-THE-NIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lady-of-the-night mean? 

• LADY-OF-THE-NIGHT (noun)
  The noun LADY-OF-THE-NIGHT has 1 sense:

1. West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers

  Familiarity information: LADY-OF-THE-NIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LADY-OF-THE-NIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brunfelsia americana; lady-of-the-night

Hypernyms ("lady-of-the-night" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("lady-of-the-night" is a member of...):

Brunfelsia; genus Brunfelsia (genus of tropical American shrubs grown for their flowers followed by fleshy berrylike fruits)