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Gardenia


Garde′ni-a

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Noun.
[NL.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful and fragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; – so called in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden.

Definition 2024


Gardenia

Gardenia

See also: gardenia, gardénia, and gardênia

Translingual

Gardenia flower

Proper noun

Gardenia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – the gardenias.

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References

  1. Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
  2. Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.

gardenia

gardenia

See also: Gardenia, gardénia, and gardênia

English

Gardenia brighamii

Noun

gardenia (plural gardenias)

  1. Any of various tropical evergreen small trees or shrubs, of the genus Gardenia, having glossy leaves and white flowers.
  2. The flower of these plants.

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Finnish

Noun

gardenia

  1. gardenia

Declension

Inflection of gardenia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative gardenia gardeniat
genitive gardenian gardenioiden
gardenioitten
partitive gardeniaa gardenioita
illative gardeniaan gardenioihin
singular plural
nominative gardenia gardeniat
accusative nom. gardenia gardeniat
gen. gardenian
genitive gardenian gardenioiden
gardenioitten
gardeniainrare
partitive gardeniaa gardenioita
inessive gardeniassa gardenioissa
elative gardeniasta gardenioista
illative gardeniaan gardenioihin
adessive gardenialla gardenioilla
ablative gardenialta gardenioilta
allative gardenialle gardenioille
essive gardeniana gardenioina
translative gardeniaksi gardenioiksi
instructive gardenioin
abessive gardeniatta gardenioitta
comitative gardenioineen

Italian

Noun

gardenia f (plural gardenie)

  1. gardenia

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Polish

Noun

gardenia f

  1. gardenia

Spanish

Noun

gardenia f (plural gardenias)

  1. gardenia