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noun
Any of several widely distributed evergreen flowering plants, of the genus Osmanthus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Osmanthus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
History
From João de Loureiro's (1790) taxonomic name Osmanthus (“genus of flowering shrubs”), from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”), for the strong scent of the Osmanthus fragrans.
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