gardenia

IPA/ɡɑːˈdiːniə/
KK[ɡɑrdˈinjə]IPA/ɡɑːrˈdiːniə/

gardenia — noun

  • gardeniasingular
  • gardeniasplural

1. a plant with glossy dark green leaves and large, sweet-scented blooms that can b

1.名詞B1
釋義

a plant with glossy dark green leaves and large, sweet-scented blooms that can be creamy white or pale yellow. Gardenias are kept as decorative shrubs in warm climates, and their blossoms are often cut for bouquets or worn to provide natural fragrance.

例句

Satoshi planted a gardenia bush beside his front porch so the evening air carried its sweet scent.

collocation: gardenia bush

Zara pinned a white gardenia to her dress, and its sweet perfume filled the room.

collocation: white gardenia / sweet perfume

同義詞
  • jasmine

    also a sweet-smelling white flower, but jasmine has smaller, star-shaped blooms and a different growth habit (climbing vine vs. shrub)

  • camellia

    another ornamental shrub with glossy leaves, but camellia flowers are scentless or very mildly scented, unlike the strong fragrance of gardenias

用法筆記

Gardenia is both a countable noun (for the plant or individual flowers: 'three gardenias in a vase') and, less commonly, an uncountable noun referring to the scent ('a hint of gardenia in the perfume'). The plural form is gardenias.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a gardenia jasmine for my mother.
✅I bought a gardenia for my mother.
💡Gardenia and jasmine are two different plants; do not combine them as if gardenia is a type of jasmine.