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单词 star of night
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star of night
star of night n. Obsolete rare a tropical evergreen tree, Clusia rosea (family Clusiaceae), native to Florida and the Caribbean, initially epiphytic, having pink and white flowers that open at night. The tree has been widely introduced across the tropics as an ornamental garden tree and is now considered invasive, esp. in Sri Lanka and Hawaii.
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1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 788/1 Star-of-night, Clusia rosea.
1922 Textile Colorist Nov. 716/2 Few other plants in tropical America have more common names than the copey tree; the majority of the names relate to the gum secreting property of the tree, which is known in English as the balsam fig, balsam tree, rose-flowered balsam and star of night.
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