gardenia

From New Latin, named after Scottish naturalist Dr. Alexander Garden.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɑɹˈdinjə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːˈdiːnjə/
• Hyphenation: gar‧de‧nia

gardenia (plural gardenias)

1. Any of various tropical evergreen small trees or shrubs, of the genus Gardenia, having glossy leaves and white flowers.
2. The flower of these plants.
   • 2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 125:

     Heed remembered the baby-powder smell from the bowl of gardenias, their edges browning like toast.

• native gardenia

• Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)

• Gardenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gardenia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Gardenia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• areading, drainage

From taxonomic name Gardenia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑrdeniɑ/, [ˈɡɑ̝rde̞ˌniɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): gar‧de‧ni‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): gar‧de‧nia

gardenia

1. gardenia

• “gardenia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /ɡarˈdɛ.nja/
• Rhymes: -ɛnja
• Hyphenation: gar‧dè‧nia

gardenia f (plural gardenie)

1. gardenia

• gardenia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• gardenia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• idrangea, indagare, randagie

• IPA^(key): /ɡarˈdɛɲ.ja/
• Rhymes: -ɛɲja
• Syllabification: gar‧den‧ia

gardenia f

1. gardenia (any plant of the genus Gardenia)

• gardenia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gardenia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾˈdenja/ [ɡaɾˈð̞e.nja]
• Rhymes: -enja
• Syllabification: gar‧de‧nia

gardenia f (plural gardenias)

1. gardenia

• “gardenia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024