Carpenteria

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  carpenteria \carpenteria\ n.
     a California evergreen shrub ({Carpenteria californica})
     having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few
     fragrant white flowers.
     [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  carpenteria
       n 1: California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and
            terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers [syn:
            {Carpenteria californica}]
       2: a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern
          Australia [syn: {Gulf of Carpenteria}]