WINTER SWEET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does winter sweet mean? 

• WINTER SWEET (noun)
  The noun WINTER SWEET has 4 senses:

1. dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete

2. aromatic Eurasian perennial

3. medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits

4. deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers

  Familiarity information: WINTER SWEET used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WINTER SWEET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cretan dittany; crete dittany; dittany of crete; hop marjoram; Origanum dictamnus; winter sweet

Hypernyms ("winter sweet" is a kind of...):

origanum (any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings)

Holonyms ("winter sweet" is a member of...):

genus Origanum (a genus of aromatic mints of the family Labiatae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Aromatic Eurasian perennial

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

marjoram; oregano; Origanum vulgare; pot marjoram; wild marjoram; winter sweet

Hypernyms ("winter sweet" is a kind of...):

origanum (any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings)

Meronyms (parts of "winter sweet"):

marjoram; oregano (pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets)

Holonyms ("winter sweet" is a member of...):

genus Origanum (a genus of aromatic mints of the family Labiatae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acocanthera oblongifolia; Acocanthera spectabilis; poison arrow plant; winter sweet

Hypernyms ("winter sweet" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("winter sweet" is a member of...):

Acocanthera; Acokanthera; genus Acocanthera; genus Acokanthera (small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chimonanthus praecox; Japan allspice; Japanese allspice; winter sweet

Hypernyms ("winter sweet" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("winter sweet" is a member of...):

Chimonanthus; genus Chimonanthus (small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet)