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stephanotis|stɛfəˈnəʊtɪs|
[mod.L. (L. M. A. A. Dupetit-Thouars Genera Nova Madagascariensia (1806) 11), a. Gr. στεϕανωτίς fem. adj., fit for a crown or wreath, f. στέϕανος crown.]
1.
‖a. Bot. A genus of tropical asclepiadaceous twining shrubs having fragrant white flowers.
b. A plant of this genus; a flower of such a plant.
1843Curtis's Bot. Mag. LXX. 4058 (heading) Copious-flowering Stephanotis. 1869S. R. Hole Bk. about Roses iii. 41 The stove, truly, is a gladness and refreshment—gay..with the golden Allamandas,..the bridal Stephanotis. 1870Disraeli Lothair xxxi, The voice was as sweet as the stephanotis. 1882Cornh. Mag. Apr. 390 With a sprig of stephanotis in his buttonhole.
2. A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.
1895Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 716/1 A new fragrant Toilet Water in Jockey Club, White Rose, Stephanotis, [etc.]. 1907H. Wyndham Flare of Footlights xvii, A sickly odour of stephanotis arose from it [the letter]. 1980M. Forster Bride of Lowther Fell xvi. 244 The perfume was..stephanotis, faint and unbelievably fragrant. |