brugmansia
/ (brʊɡˈmænsɪə) /
noun
any of various solanaceous plants of the genus Brugmansia, native to tropical American regions and closely related to daturas, having sweetly scented flowers
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How to use brugmansia in a sentence
In 1882 I captured several at flowers of the trumpet-tree (brugmansia) in a garden near Auckland.
New Zealand Moths and Butterflies | G. V. HudsonThe flowers are drooping, and in brugmansia suaveolens, formerly Datura arborea, they are very fragrant.
Botany for Ladies | Jane LoudonThe genus brugmansia is distinguished by its calyx being ventricose, and only two or three cleft; it is also strongly ribbed.
Botany for Ladies | Jane Loudon
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