Crossword clues for stephanotis
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stephanotis \Steph`a*no"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? fit for a crown, fr. ? crown.]
(Bot.) A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes.
A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context botany English) Any of the genus (taxlink Stephanotis genus noshow=1) of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs with large white waxy flowers in cymes. 2 A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of (taxlink Stephanotis floribunda species noshow=1).
WordNet
n. any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers
Wikipedia
Stephanotis is a genus of flowering plants first described in 1806. The name derives from the Greek stephanōtís (feminine adj.) fit for a crown, derivative of stéphanos (masculine) crown. It contains evergreen, woody-stemmed lianas with a scattered distribution in several tropical and subtropical regions.
Stephanotis are grown for their strongly perfumed, waxy, tubular, usually white flowers. Leaves are opposite, ovate to elliptic, and leathery. Stephanotis is a beautiful but difficult plant - it hates sudden changes in temperature, needs constant cool conditions in winter and is attractive to scale and mealy bug. The stems of Stephanotis can reach 10 ft or more, but it is usually sold twined around a wire hoop. The heavily-scented waxy flowers appear in summer.
The best known species is Stephanotis floribunda (Madagascar jasmine), which is cultivated as a tropical or hothouse ornamental, and whose flowers are a popular element in wedding bouquets.
The Stephanotis has grown in popularity over the past few years along with some of the other spring flowering vines. It is known by a few different names such as “Madagascar jasmine” and “bridal veil”.
Species formerly includedtransferred to other genera ( Jasminanthes, Marsdenia)
Usage examples of "stephanotis".
Her skin was wonderful, of a smooth, creamy-white texture which gave to the sharply angled face something of the pale, exotic perfection of a stephanotis bloom.
Overhead the green, shining leaves of stephanotis spread a canopy, pale clusters of its white, heavy-scented bloom gleaming star-like in the faint light of Chinese lanterns swung from the leaf-clad roof.
Yet now he was beginning to find every hour a blank that did not bring him sight or sound of this other woman--this woman with her slender limbs and skin like a stephanotis petal, and her long Eastern eyes with the subtle lure which seemed to lie in their depths.
Not the rose, or the violet, or the hyacinth, or any of the lilies or stephanotis or boronia.
A couple of metres from the path a gardener servitor was ambling round an old tree stump which was now hidden beneath the shaggy coat of a stephanotis creeper.
The perfume of stephanotis and tea-roses, blended faintly with the all-pervading odour of latakia and Turkish attar.
He had passed a tiring afternoon, and was glad of the slight smell of stephanotis provided by Annette.
When Tirla married Sascha on her sixteenth birthday, her wedding bouquet contained stephanotis floribunda, blossoming vigorously out of season.
She had decided against the necklace or the brooch as well, and had instead pinned a simple spray of stephanotis on the shoulder of her gown, and carried a white lace fan with silver sticks, and a reticule of the same fabric as her gown.
Ansdell apart were gathering stephanotis and talking earnestly, and Mr.
Round each was a wide verandah, partly trellised with vines, and festooned by bougainvillea, snowy stephanotis, and the orange, bell-shaped flowers of the begonia.
The verandah was, like many others at this time, festooned with stephanotis in full bloom, and Lina gathered great withes of the waxen green leaves and snowy flowers, and hung them about her bodice, her waist, and in her hair, in a manner that would have seemed utterly fantastic in anyone else, but which suited her to perfection.
Roses, orchids, lilies, and stephanotis all in a burst of spring color and set in a large glass vase the color of twilight.
Regan Paisley added the last sprig of star-shaped stephanotis to the bridal bouquet.
He was dressed in a high white collar, white bow tie, knife pleats down his chest, a black coat, stephanotis at the black satin buttonhole.