n.
Pronunciation: ˌ ste-f ə - ' n ō -t ə s
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek stephan ō tis fit for a crown, from stephanos crown, from stephein to crown
Date: 1843
: any of a genus ( Stephanotis, especially S. floribunda ) of Old World tropical woody vines of the milkweed family with fragrant white waxy flowers having a tubular corolla terminating in five lobes
stephanotis