noun
West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers
• Syn: ↑Brunfelsia americana
• Member Holonyms: ↑Brunfelsia, ↑genus Brunfelsia
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\ noun : a West Indian shrub (Brunfelsia americana) with fragrant showy yellowish white flowers
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/lay"dee euhv dheuh nuyt"/, n., pl. ladies-of-the-night.
a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
[1865-70]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.