"gardenia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɑɹˈdinjə/ [General-American], /ɡɑːˈdiːnjə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: gardenias [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin, named after Scottish naturalist Dr. Alexander Garden. Etymology templates: {{der|en|NL.|-}} New Latin, {{named-after/list|naturalist||||}} naturalist, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Dr. Alexander Garden}} Dr. Alexander Garden, {{named-after|en|Dr. Alexander Garden|nat=Scottish|nocap=1|occ=naturalist|wplink=Alexander Garden (naturalist)}} named after Scottish naturalist Dr. Alexander Garden Head templates: {{en-noun}} gardenia (plural gardenias)
  1. Any of various tropical evergreen small trees or shrubs, of the genus Gardenia, having glossy leaves and white flowers. Categories (lifeform): Flowers, Madder family plants, Polynesian canoe plants Translations (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia): gardênia [feminine] (Brazilian Portuguese), гардения (gardenija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), gardènia [feminine] (Catalan), 梔子 (Chinese Mandarin), 栀子 (zhīzi) (Chinese Mandarin), gardénia [feminine] (European Portuguese), gardenia (Finnish), gardénia [masculine] (French), gardenie [feminine] (Friulian), gardenia [feminine] (Galician), Gardenie [feminine] (German), γαρδένια (gardénia) [feminine] (Greek), kiele (Hawaiian), gardenia [feminine] (Italian), クチナシ (kuchinashi) (Japanese), cempaka (Malay), tīare (Maori), इन्द्रकमल (indrakamal) (Nepali), gardenia [feminine] (Polish), gardenie [feminine] (Romanian), гарде́ния (gardɛ́nija) [feminine] (Russian), tiale (Samoan), gardenia [feminine] (Spanish), gardenya (Tagalog), tiare (Tahitian), siale (Tongan)
    Sense id: en-gardenia-en-noun-bJwg1NYZ Disambiguation of Flowers: 52 48 Disambiguation of Madder family plants: 65 35 Disambiguation of Polynesian canoe plants: 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia': 99 1
  2. The flower of these plants. Categories (lifeform): Flowers
    Sense id: en-gardenia-en-noun-h0x59Z6x Disambiguation of Flowers: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: native gardenia Related terms: Cape jasmine (taxonomic: Gardenia jasminoides)

Inflected forms

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