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stephanotis

stephanotis noun: any of the genus Stephanotis of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs with large white waxy flowers in cymes.

Noun

stephanotis (plural stephanotises)

  1. Any of the genus Stephanotis of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs with large white waxy flowers in cymes.
    • Palms towered majestically over the heads of the lower shrubs, and camellias, stephanotis, and many other semi-tropical flowers were growing luxuriantly in the open air.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 22
  2. A perfume prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.

stephanotis meaning in Tamil

stephanotis in Tamil

மெழுகுப்பசையார்ந்த மணமிக்க மலர்ச்செடிவகை

Forms of stephanotis

pluralstephanotises

Origin of stephanotis

From the genus name.

Questions about stephanotis

What does stephanotis mean?
Stephanotis means any of the genus Stephanotis of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs with large white waxy flowers in cymes.
What is stephanotis in Tamil?
Stephanotis in Tamil is மெழுகுப்பசையார்ந்த மணமிக்க மலர்ச்செடிவகை. See Stephanotis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stephanotis?
Stephanotis is a noun.
What is the plural of stephanotis?
The plural of stephanotis is stephanotises.

Words near stephanotis in the dictionary

  1. stephanokonts
  2. Stephanonian
  3. stephanoporate
  4. Stephanopoulos
  5. stephanoside
  6. stephanotis
  7. stephanotises
  8. Stephanus letter
  9. Stephanus letters
  10. Stephanus number
  11. Stephanus numbers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stephanotis (page history and authors); stephanotis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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