ALLAMANDA


Meaning of ALLAMANDA in English

[ ˌalə'mandə ]

■ noun a tropical shrub or climber with showy yellow or purple flowers. [ Allamanda cathartica and other species.]

Origin

mod. L., named after the 18th-cent. Swiss naturalist Jean-Nicholas-Sébastien Allamand .

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