The aroma given off by flowers has an aphrodisiac effect, especially on women. This is so particularly in the case of lilies of the valley, gardenia, frangipani, and henna.
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Gardenia
//ɡɑɹˈdinjə//
Synonyms for "gardenia" (4 found)
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27 translations across 27 languages.
Brazilian Portuguese
1 entries- gardênia noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Bulgarian
1 entries- гардения noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Catalan
1 entries- gardènia noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 梔子 /栀子 noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Czech
1 entries- gardénie noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
European Portuguese
1 entries- gardénia noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Finnish
1 entries- gardenia noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
French
1 entries- gardénia noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Friulian
1 entries- gardenie noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Galician
1 entries- gardenia noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
German
1 entries- Gardenie noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Greek
1 entries- γαρδένια noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kiele noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Italian
1 entries- gardenia noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Japanese
1 entries- クチナシ noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Malay
1 entries- cempaka noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Māori
1 entries- tīare noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Nepali
1 entries- इन्द्रकमल noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Polish
1 entries- gardenia noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Romanian
1 entries- gardenie noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Russian
1 entries- гарде́ния noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Samoan
1 entries- tiale noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Slovak
1 entries- gardénia noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Spanish
1 entries- gardenia noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Tagalog
1 entries- gardenya noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Tahitian
1 entries- tiare noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Tongan
1 entries- siale noun (tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Heed remembered the baby-powder smell from the bowl of gardenias, their edges browning like toast.
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