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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Stephanotis

· Steph·a·no·tis · IPA
01 n. A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white wax…
  1. 1.
    A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes.(Bot.)
  2. 2.
    A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.