pinwheel flower

pinwheel flower
noun
tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
Syn:
Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
Member Holonyms: ↑Tabernaemontana, ↑genus Tabernaemontana

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