sweet osmanthus

English

Clusters of sweet osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans) flowers in China

Jellies made with sweet osmanthus in Hong Kong

Etymology

From English sweet + osmanthus, for the peach-like scent of the flowers

Noun

sweet osmanthus

a shrub or tree of the species Osmanthus fragrans, native to east Asia and prized for its fragrant flowers

Synonyms

fragrant olive
tea olive
sweet olive

Hypernyms

osmanthus

Translations

a shrub or tree of the species Osmanthus fragrans

Chinese:
Mandarin: 桂花 (zh) (guìhuā), 木樨 (zh) (mùxī), 木犀 (zh) (mùxī)

Min Nan: 桂花 (zh-min-nan) (kùi-hoe)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tuoksuva osmanthus
French: please add this translation if you can

Japanese: 桂花 (けいか, keika), 樨 (せい, sei; さい, sai; もくせい, mokusei)
Korean: 치 (ko) (chi)
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: осма́нтус души́стый m (osmántus dušístyj)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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