stephanotisn.
/stɛfəˈnəʊtɪs/ 1. (a) Botany. A genus of tropical asclepiadaceous twining shrubs having fragrant white flowers. (b) A plant of this genus; a flower of such a plant.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > non-British
Paullinia1753
Pothos1754
corchorus1759
water vine1774
cobaea1805
bush-rope1814
combretum1819
kerria1823
pishamin1826
guarana1838
stephanotis1843
lapageria1849
pear-withe1864
waw-waw1864
Bougainvillaea1866
pyxie1882
pine-barren beauty1883
Madagascar jasmine1884
streptosolen1938
1843 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 70 4058 (heading) Copious-flowering Stephanotis.
1869 S. R. Hole Bk. Roses iii. 41 The stove, truly, is a gladness and refreshment—gay..with the golden Allamandas,..the bridal Stephanotis.
1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) xxxi The voice was as sweet as the stephanotis.
1882 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 390 With a sprig of stephanotis in his buttonhole.
2. A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically
ewrosec1350
stacte1382
oil of rosesa1398
rose watera1398
sandalc1400
musk?a1425
damask water?1520
malabathrum1543
orris1545
civet1553
ambracan1555
rose cake1559
lavender-water1563
oil of spikenard1565
zibet1594
orange-flower water1595
orris powder?1600
spike-oil1611
angel water1634
cypress-powder1634
angelica1653
jasmine1670
jessamy1671
rosat1674
frangipane1676
marechale1676
orangery1676
tuberose1682
jasmine-water1750
otto1759
rose geranium1773
millefleurs1775
new-mown hay1789
attar1798
eau-de-Cologne1802
Cologne1814
dedes1817
eau de Portugal1825
verbena1837
rondeletia1838
bay-rum1840
Florida water1840
citronelle1841
patchouli1843
citronella1849
gardenia1851
sandalwood oil1851
Ess Bouquet1855
marmala water1857
mignonette1858
spikenard oil1861
sandalwood1865
serpolet1866
ylang-ylang1876
flower-water1886
lily1890
lilac1895
stephanotis1895
tea rose1897
chypre1898
Peau d'Espagne1898
violette de Parme1904
poppy1905
Parma violet1907
wallflower1907
1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 716/1 A new fragrant Toilet Water in Jockey Club, White Rose, Stephanotis, [etc.].
1907 H. Wyndham Flare of Footlights xvii A sickly odour of stephanotis arose from it [the letter].
1980 M. Forster Bride of Lowther Fell xvi. 244 The perfume was..stephanotis, faint and unbelievably fragrant.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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