sweet osmanthus

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

1. 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

shrub or tree of the species Osmanthus fragrans

Chinese: Mandarin: 桂花 (zh) (guìhuā), 木樨 (zh) (mùxī) Min Nan: 桂花 (zh-min-nan) (kùi-hoe) Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: tuoksuva osmanthus French: olivier odorant m, osmanthus m, olivier de Chine m, olivier à thé m Japanese: 桂花 (けいか, keika), 樨 (せい, sei; さい, sai; もくせい, mokusei) Korean: 치 (ko) (chi) Nepali: सिरिङ्गे (siriṅge) Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: осма́нтус души́стый m (osmántus dušístyj) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

References

• sweet osmanthus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Osmanthus fragrans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Osmanthus fragrans on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons