sewali

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese শেৱালি (xewali).

Noun

sewali

  1. (India) Night-blooming jasmine, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis.
    • 2000, Kamaleswar Sarma, Raghunath Choudhury, p. 5:
      His attention was drawn by the sewali flowers blooming with small, soft, white petals, fluttering in the mild air.
    • 2002, Snigdhamalati Neog (transl.), A handful of sand, p. 108:
      Near the goxai ghar there was a sewali in full bloom. A few flowers fell from the tree.
    • 2011, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, The Story of Felanee:
      The fragrance of the white carpet of flowers under the flowering sewali shrub spoke of its origin and reminded her of the old woman Kali.

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