night-blooming jasmine

English

Noun

night-blooming jasmine (countable and uncountable, plural night-blooming jasmines)

1. A shrub or small tree whose intensely fragrant blossoms open at dusk and fade by morning (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis)
2. night-blooming cestrum (Cestrum nocturnum).

Synonyms

• night jasmine, night-flowering jasmine, parijat (southern India), sewali (northeastern India)