night jasmine

night jasmine

n.

1. An Asian shrub or small tree (Nyctanthes arbortristis) having opposite leaves and small, fragrant flowers with an orange corolla tube and white corolla lobes.

2. A West Indian shrub (Cestrum nocturnum) having small greenish-white flowers that are very fragrant at night.

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Noun

1.

night jasmine - West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night Cestrum nocturnum, night jessamine Cestrum, genus Cestrum - genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems