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Noun: pinwheel flower
  1. Tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
    - crape jasmine, crepe jasmine, crepe gardenia, East Indian rosebay, Adam's apple, Nero's crown, coffee rose, Tabernaemontana divaricate

Derived forms: pinwheel flowers

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: genus Tabernaemontana, Tabernaemontana

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Pinus rigida
Pinus serotina
Pinus strobiformis
Pinus strobus
Pinus sylvestris
Pinus taeda
Pinus thunbergii
Pinus torreyana
Pinus virginiana
pinwheel
pinwheel flower
pinwheel roll
pinwheel wind collector
pinwheel-shaped
pinworm
piny
Pinyin
pinyon
piolet
pion
pioneer