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CESTRUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs
Synonyms:
Cestrum; genus Cestrum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cestrum" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Cestrum"):
Cestrum diurnum; day jessamine (West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day)
Cestrum nocturnum; night jasmine; night jessamine (West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night)
Holonyms ("Cestrum" is a member of...):
family Solanaceae; potato family; Solanaceae (large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra)
