noun
robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn
• Syn: ↑Araujia sericofera
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Araujia, ↑genus Araujia
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nounEtymology: so called from the fact that insects become entangled in the flowers
: any of several plants of the genera Araujia, Schubertia, or Cynanchum (family Asclepiadaceae)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.