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Stephanotis   Listen
noun
Stephanotis  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes.
2.
A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.





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"Stephanotis" Quotes from Famous Books



... sense." Not so in respect of the organ of smell. The more educated, the more practised nose detects the subtler odour and is the more offended by grossness. And upon what flower has been bestowed the most captivating of perfumes? Not the rose, or the violet, or the hyacinth, or any of the lilies or stephanotis or boronia. The land of forbidding smells produces it; it is known to Europeans as the Chinese magnolia. Quaint and as if carved skilfully in ivory, after the manner of, the inhabitants of its countrymen, the petals tumble apart ...
— My Tropic Isle • E J Banfield


Words linked to "Stephanotis" :   genus Stephanotis, shrub, waxflower, Stephanotis floribunda, bush


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