Chilean jasmine

Chilean jasmine
noun
woody vine of Argentina grown as an ornamental for its glossy leaves and racemes of large fragrant funnel-shaped creamy-white flowers
• Syn: ↑Mandevilla laxa
• Hypernyms: ↑liana
• Member Holonyms: ↑Mandevilla, ↑genus Mandevilla, ↑Dipladenia, ↑genus Dipladenia

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
: a showy woody vine (Mandevilla laxa) of the family Apocynaceae used as an ornamental and having axillary or terminal racemes of white or blush flowers each of which may be two inches across

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  • kvapioji mandevila — statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Stepukinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Mandevilla laxa), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Mandevilla laxa angl. Chilean jasmine šaltinis Valstybinės lietuvių kalbos komisijos 2009 m.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Dipladenia — noun genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap • Syn: ↑Mandevilla, ↑genus Mandevilla, ↑genus Dipladenia • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Dipladenia — noun genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap • Syn: ↑Mandevilla, ↑genus Mandevilla, ↑Dipladenia • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Mandevilla — noun genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap • Syn: ↑Mandevilla, ↑Dipladenia, ↑genus Dipladenia • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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