Osmanthus

See also: osmanthus

Translingual

Osmanthus heterophyllus

Wikispecies

Etymology

From João de Loureiro's 1790 Flora Cochinchinensis, New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”), for the scent of the O. fragrans.

Proper noun

Osmanthus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Oleaceae – the osmanthus plants.

Hyponyms

• O. fragrans, the sweet osmanthus
• O. heterophyllus, the holly osmanthus