stephanotis

See also: Stephanotis and stéphanotis

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

stephanotis (plural stephanotises)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Stephanotis of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs with large white waxy flowers in cymes.
  2. A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for stephanotis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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