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steph·a·no·tis  (stf-nts)

n. pl. steph·a·no·tis·es

Any of various woody climbing plants of the genus Stephanotis, especially S. floribunda of Madagascar, cultivated for its showy fragrant white flowers.

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[Greek stephantis, deserving a crown, from stephanos, crown, wreath, from stephein, to crown.]

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stephanotis [ˌstɛfəˈnəʊtɪs]

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any climbing asclepiadaceous shrub of the genus Stephanotis, esp S. floribunda, of Madagascar and Malaya: cultivated for their fragrant white waxy flowers

[via New Latin from Greek: fit for a crown, from stephanos a crown]

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stephanotis - any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems genus Stephanotis - genus of Old World tropical woody vines Madagascar jasmine, Stephanotis floribunda, waxflower - twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions