osmanthus

Sweet osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans) flowers

Meaning

Any of several widely distributed evergreen flowering plants, of the genus Osmanthus.

From João de Loureiro's (1790), Translingual Osmanthus (genus of flowering shrubs), from Ancient Greek ὀσμή ("smell") + ἄνθος (ánthos, "flower"), for the strong scent of the O. fragrans.

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