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jasmine

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jas=mine

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun jasmine has 1 sense

jasmine(n = noun.plant) - any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia;

is a member of

genus jasminum

jasminum

has particulars: jasminum mesnyi, primrose jasmine, jasminum nudiflorum, winter jasmine, common jasmine, jasminum officinale, jessamine, true jasmine, arabian jasmine, jasminum sambac

is a kind of bush, shrub

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CIDE DICTIONARY

jasmine, n. [F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. yāsmīn, Pers. yāsmīn; cf. It. gesmino, gelsomino. Cf. Jessamine.].

A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The Jasminum officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is Jasminum Sambac, and, with Jasminum angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of Calotropis and Faramea. [1913 Webster]

Cape jasmine, or Cape jessamine, the Gardenia florida, a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China, and hardy in the Southern United States.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

jasmine, n. (also jasmin, jessamin, jessamine) any of various ornamental shrubs of the genus Jasminum usu. with white or yellow flowers.

Idiom

jasmine tea a tea perfumed with dried jasmine blossom.

Etymology

F jasmin, jessemin f. Arab. yas(a)min f. Pers. yasamin

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