cestrum diurnum

1. 1.

   West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day

   Synonymsday jessamine

   Broadershrub

   Part ofCestrum

Questions about cestrum diurnum

What does cestrum diurnum mean?

cestrum diurnum means "West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day".

What is another word for cestrum diurnum?

Close synonyms include day jessamine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cestrum diurnum a common word?

cestrum diurnum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.