Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of plants of the family Solanaceæ, containing about 30 species, native in tropical America.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun genus of tropical American shrubs grown for their flowers followed by fleshy berrylike fruits

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Examples

  • For a man who had been obsessed for six years with brunfelsia, a dose of which had nearly killed him in the Putumayo, tobacco was tame.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • “But what about that time you and Pedro Juajibioy ate brunfelsia?”

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • For a man who had been obsessed for six years with brunfelsia, a dose of which had nearly killed him in the Putumayo, tobacco was tame.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • “But what about that time you and Pedro Juajibioy ate brunfelsia?”

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Honeysuckle, brunfelsia and wisteria flowers infuse the atmosphere with a heady perfume.

    SplicedFeed 2010

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