name
Meaning 1
A village in Belize District, Belize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
gardenia
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ɡɑɹˈdinjə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɑːˈdiːnjə/
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CMU ARPABET: G AA0 R D IY1 N Y AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Any of various tropical evergreen small trees or shrubs, of the genus Gardenia, having glossy leaves and white flowers.
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noun
Meaning 3
The flower of these plants.
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noun
Meaning 4
any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: cape jasmine, cape jessamine, Gardenia jasminoides, Gardenia augusta
History
Etymology
From New Latin, named after Scottish naturalist Dr. Alexander Garden.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: гардения (gardenija) — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Catalan: gardènia — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Chinese Mandarin: 梔子 /栀子 (zhīzi) — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Czech: gardénie — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Finnish: gardenia — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- French: gardénia — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Friulian: gardenie — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Galician: gardenia — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- German: Gardenie — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Greek: γαρδένια (gardénia) — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Hawaiian: kiele — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Italian: gardenia — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Japanese: クチナシ (kuchinashi) — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Malay: cempaka — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Māori: tīare — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Nepali: इन्द्रकमल (indrakamal) — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Polish: gardenia — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Brazilian Portuguese: gardênia — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- European Portuguese: gardénia — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Romanian: gardenie — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Russian: гарде́ния (gardɛ́nija) — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Samoan: tiale — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Slovak: gardénia — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Spanish: gardenia — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Tagalog: gardenya — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Tahitian: tiare — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
- Tongan: siale — tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia
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