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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Oleaceae — the night-flowering jasmine and related plants.
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Two shefalikas, which he thought of as Nyctanthes arbortristis, that let fall showers of their small, scented flowers – orange-stemmed, but that brief appearance of colour beneath white petals was pardonable as a kind of poetry.
An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008
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Two shefalikas, which he thought of as Nyctanthes arbortristis, that let fall showers of their small, scented flowers – orange-stemmed, but that brief appearance of colour beneath white petals was pardonable as a kind of poetry.
An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008
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Two shefalikas, which he thought of as Nyctanthes arbortristis, that let fall showers of their small, scented flowers – orange-stemmed, but that brief appearance of colour beneath white petals was pardonable as a kind of poetry.
An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008
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Here also Nyctanthes is very common; Zanthoxylon also occurs here and there like an Ash. On the ridge above Ramgurh, Adhatoda is very common; Carandas likewise occurs, but is not very common; Eranthemoides is rather common, but this occurs in profusion on the descent; Cassia tora, O. lanceolata, and
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Nyctanthes, Myrtaceae 1-2, Wendlandia, Bignonia, Randia, and two or three other trees about houses, a species of Ficus; Euphorbia antiquorum common on the drier parts.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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_Nelumbium speciosus_, _Butea frondosa_, and _Nyctanthes arboretristis_.
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I emerged, adorned with a chaplet of magnolia flowers, and with my hands full of _Calotropis_ and _Nyctanthes_ blossoms.
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Nyctanthes, waste its perfume upon the night alone.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 Edgar Allan Poe 1829
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[255] "Blossoms of the sorrowful Nyctanthes give a durable color to silk."
The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Thomas Moore 1815
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There is also the malati china (Nyctanthes multiflora); the elegant bunga malati susun (Nyctanthes acuminata).
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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