sweet osmanthus

English

Clusters of sweet osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans) flowers in China

Jellies made with sweet osmanthus in Hong Kong

Etymology

From English sweet + osmanthus, for the peach-like scent of the flowers.

Noun

sweet osmanthus

1. a shrub or tree of the species Osmanthus fragrans, native to east Asia and prized for its fragrant flowers

Synonyms

• fragrant olive, tea olive, sweet olive

Hypernyms

• osmanthus

Translations

shrub or tree of the species Osmanthus fragrans

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 桂花 (zh-min-nan) (kùi-hoe)

  Mandarin: 桂花 (zh) (guìhuā), 木樨 (zh) (mùxī)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tuoksuva osmanthus
• French: olivier odorant m, osmanthus m, olivier de Chine m, olivier à thé m
• Hindi: सिलंग (silaṅg)
• Japanese: 桂花 (ja) (けいか, keika), 樨 (せい, sei; さい, sai; もくせい, mokusei)
• Korean: 치 (ko) (chi)
• Kumaoni: सिलंग (silaṅg)
• Nepali: सिरिङ्गे (siriṅge)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: осма́нтус души́стый m (osmántus dušístyj)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: หอมหมื่นลี้ (hɔ̌ɔm-mʉ̀ʉn-líi)

References

• sweet osmanthus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Osmanthus fragrans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Osmanthus fragrans on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons