night-blooming jasmine

noun

A shrub or small tree whose intensely fragrant blossoms open at dusk and fade by morning (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis)

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night jasminenight-flowering jasmineparijatsewali
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Meanings

nounnight-blooming jasmine (countable and uncountable, plural night-blooming jasmines)

plural night-blooming jasmines

  1. countableuncountableA shrub or small tree whose intensely fragrant blossoms open at dusk and fade by morning (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis)
  2. countableuncountablenight-blooming cestrum (Cestrum nocturnum).

    Synonyms: night jasmine, night-flowering jasmine, parijat, sewali

Synonyms & antonyms

nounnight-blooming cestrum (Cestrum nocturnum).

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night jasminenight-flowering jasmineparijatsewali
Also see
lady of the night
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APA

night-blooming jasmine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night-blooming%20jasmine

MLA

“night-blooming jasmine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night-blooming%20jasmine. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “night-blooming jasmine,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night-blooming%20jasmine.

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