Mandevillan.
/ˌmandəˈvɪlə/, U.S. /ˌmændəˈvɪlə/ Botany.
A genus of tropical American plants (mostly lianas) of the family Apocynaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals in tropical and subtropical regions and which include the Chilean jasmine, Mandevilla laxa; (also mandevilla) a plant of this genus, esp. the cultivar M. × amabilis, with red flowers having a strong fragrance.
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1840 Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26 7 Mandevilla suaveolens, Sweet Scented Mandevilla... This new climber was sent from Buenos Ayres, by H. J. Mandeville, Esq., H. M. Minister in that place, to the Hon. W. F. Strangways, by whom seeds were presented to the Horticultural Society. It had been collected by Mr. Tweedy, and sent home under the name of the Chile Jasmine. [Note] I have much pleasure in naming this beautiful twiner after Henry John Mandeville, Esq.
1896 T. W. Sanders Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) 224 Mandevilla (Chili Jasmine).
1940 A. J. Macself Conc. Dict. Gardening 309/2 Mandevilla... Plant Feb. in a mixture of equal parts peat and loam.
1985 G. T. Prance & T. E. Lovejoy Amazonia ix. 179 (caption) A Mandevilla vine with clear central nectar guide.
1987 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 7 Feb. 15/3 Closely related to dipladenia is the beautiful Mandevilla Alice Dupont, with attractive corrugated foliage and large bright pink trumpet blooms.
1998 Brittonia 50 214 The 19 species of the genus Mandevilla in Mexico and Central America are treated synoptically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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