night jessamine

night jessamine
noun
West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night
Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
Member Holonyms: ↑Cestrum, ↑genus Cestrum

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