Definition of Cestrum

1. Noun. Genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cestrum

Ceryle alcyon
Cerys
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Estrada Chavez
Cesar Franck
Cesar Ritz
Cesare Borgia
Cesarian
Cestan-Chenais syndrome
Cestida
Cestidae
Cestodaria
Cestoidea
Cestrian
Cestrians
Cestrum
Cestrum diurnum
Cestrum nocturnum
Cestum
Cestum veneris
Cet mac Mágach
Ceterach
Ceterach officinarum
Cethern mac Fintain
Cethleen
Ceto
Cetonia
Cetonia aurata
Cetoniidae
Cetorhinidae

Literary usage of Cestrum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1815)
"[ '77° ] cestrum PARQUI WILLOW-LEAVED cestrum. ... of cestrum have been hitherto very indifferently characterized ; in fan, a great addition having been ..."

2. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"cestrum DIURNUM Linn. Sp. PI. 277. Suburbs of Merida, April 28, 1865 (Schott, 123). DATURA STRAMONIUM Linn. Sp. PI., 255. ..."

3. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Ear-leaved cestrum. Nat. of Peru. Introd. about 1774. by Mons. Richard. Fl. June. ... Poisonous cestrum. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Fr. Masson. ..."

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