osmanthus

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Sweet osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans) flowers
Jellies flavoured with sweet osmanthus from a Chinese restaurant in Singapore

Etymology

From João de Loureiro's (1790), translingual Osmanthus (genus of flowering shrubs), from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, smell) + ἄνθος (ánthos, "flower"), for the strong scent of the O. fragrans.

Noun

osmanthus (plural osmanthuses)

  1. Any of several widely distributed evergreen flowering plants, of the genus Osmanthus.

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