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chimonanthus

chimonanthus |ˌkʌɪmə (ʊ )ˈnanθəs | ▶noun a shrub of the Chinese genus Chimonanthus (family Calycanthaceae ), especially the wintersweet. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek kheimōn ‘winter ’ + anthos ‘flower ’.

 

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chimonanthus

chimonanthus |ˌkʌɪmə (ʊ )ˈnanθəs | ▶noun a shrub of the Chinese genus Chimonanthus (family Calycanthaceae ), especially the wintersweet. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek kheimōn ‘winter ’ + anthos ‘flower ’.