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Meaning of osmanthus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ɒzˈmænθəs

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Français osmanthe osmanthus
Italiano osmanto
日本語 もくせい 木犀
Русский осма́нтус
Tiếng Việt mộc tê

Examples

“By 1969, the flower district had under cultivation over 13 hectares of rosebeds alone, 10,000 pots of osmanthus, 50,000 pots of magnolias, camellias and jasmine and several hundred thousand pots of chrysanthemums, as well as thousands of pine, pomegranate and iron trees.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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