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GARDENIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gardenia" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gardenia"):
cape jasmine; cape jessamine; Gardenia augusta; Gardenia jasminoides (evergreen shrub widely cultivated for its large fragrant waxlike white flowers and glossy leaves)
Holonyms ("gardenia" is a member of...):
genus Gardenia (large genus of attractive Old World tropical shrubs and small trees)