lady of the night

la·dy-of-the-night

[ley-dee-uhv-thuh-nahyt]
noun, plural la·dies-of-the-night.
a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.

Origin:
1865–70

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lady-of-the-night

noun
West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers 
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