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Mandevilla(tourism)

mandevilla (iou)



mandevilla noun. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from John Henry Mandeville (1773-1861), Brit. minister in Buenos Aires.]
Any of various woody climbing plants of the S. American genus Mandevilla (family Apocynaceae), with fragrant white, pink, or red flowers, grown for ornament esp. in tropical and subtropical regions; esp. Chilean jasmine, M. laxa.