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

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)
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

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