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单词 gardenia
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gar•de•nia /gɑrˈdinyə, -niə/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -nias. 
  1. Plant Biologya subtropical evergreen tree or shrub of the madder family, having shiny leaves and fragrant white flowers.
  2. Plant Biologythe flower of these plants.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gar•de•nia  (gär dē′nyə, -nē ə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany evergreen tree or shrub belonging to the genus Gardenia, of the madder family, native to the warmer parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, cultivated for its usually large, fragrant white flowers.
  2. Plant Biologythe flower of any of these plants.
  • Neo-Latin (1760), after Alexander Garden (1730–91), American physician; see -ia

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gardenia /ɡɑːˈdiːnɪə/ n
  1. any evergreen shrub or tree of the Old World tropical rubiaceous genus Gardenia, cultivated for their large fragrant waxlike typically white flowers
  2. the flower of any of these shrubs
Etymology: 18th Century: New Latin, named after Dr Alexander Garden (1730–91), American botanist
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