cestrum
Noun
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Genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs (synset 112923057)
is a type of: asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsmember holonym:
- cestrum diurnum, day jessamine - West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day
- cestrum nocturnum, night jasmine, night jessamine - West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night
belongs to: family solanaceae, potato family, solanaceae - large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandrasame as: genus cestrum
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