crape jasmine

noun

1. a shrub, Tabernaemontana divaricata, native to India, having white flowers that are fragrant at night.

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The pines of Summerville, crape jasmine and myrtle, wisteria and roses, boxwood, live oaks and Spanish moss, palmetto, banana, poinsettias and oleander�only parts of Florida, not California, can compare.

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