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calycanthus

calycanthus

See also: Calycanthus

English

Calycanthus floridus

Wikispecies

Noun

calycanthus (plural calycanthuses)

  1. Any of the genus Calycanthus of sweetshrubs.
    • 2009 February 5, Anne Raver, “New This Year: The Tried and True”, in New York Times:
      He also recommended the new calycanthus hybrids, particularly Hartlage Wine, a deep burgundy without much fragrance, and Venus, a magnolia-like flower with a sweet scent.