stephanotis
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stephanotis
1865–70; < New Latin < Greek stephanōtís (feminine adj.) fit for a crown, derivative of stéphanos (masculine) crown
Example Sentences
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Soon, classic floral scents — rose, lily of the valley, violet, stephanotis — were sold alongside grooming products, bespoke fragrances concocted for wealthy clients in the shop’s cellar.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2018
Third, she painted a bridegroom, dashing in a dark suit with white stephanotis for his boutonnière.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 26, 2010
Charlotte Ford, 24, curtsied and gave Meg a bouquet of roses and stephanotis.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a white house in a garden, and after rain the scent of vanilla and stephanotis rose round it like a fog.
From Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
To bed at last in a room scented with orange-blossoms, and around the windows of which the sweet stephanotis clusters in beauty—to bed, to sleep, and dream of all we have done and seen.
From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Gordon Stables
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