Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants of the family Solanaceæ, containing about 30 species, native in tropical America.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun genus of tropical American shrubs grown for their flowers followed by fleshy berrylike fruits
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Examples
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For a man who had been obsessed for six years with brunfelsia, a dose of which had nearly killed him in the Putumayo, tobacco was tame.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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“But what about that time you and Pedro Juajibioy ate brunfelsia?”
One River Wade Davis 1996
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For a man who had been obsessed for six years with brunfelsia, a dose of which had nearly killed him in the Putumayo, tobacco was tame.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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“But what about that time you and Pedro Juajibioy ate brunfelsia?”
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Honeysuckle, brunfelsia and wisteria flowers infuse the atmosphere with a heady perfume.
SplicedFeed 2010
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