Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stephanotis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: stephan-otis
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Stephanotis of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs with large white waxy flowers in cymes.

noun

A perfume prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.

Example Sentences

"Palms towered majestically over the heads of the lower shrubs, and camellias, stephanotis, and many other semi-tropical flowers were growing luxuriantly in the open air."

Etymology

From the genus name.

Inflected Forms

stephanotises (plural)

Questions

What does stephanotis mean?: Any of the genus Stephanotis of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs with large white waxy flowers in cymes.
Where does stephanotis come from?: From the genus name.

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