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Jasmine
Jas′mine
,Noun.
(Bot.)
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
. [Written also
jessamine
.] 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.Definition 2024
Jasmine
Jasmine
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English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Jasmine
- A female given name
Related terms
Translations
female given name
jasmine
jasmine
See also: Jasmine
English
A 19th-century watercolour of the wild jasmine (Jasminum laurifolium) from the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings, National Museum of Singapore
The winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
Noun
jasmine (plural jasmines)
- Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers.
- The perfume obtained from these plants.
- Any of several unrelated plants having a similar perfume.
- A yellow colour.
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jasmine colour:
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Derived terms
Translations
plant of genus Jasminum
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perfume
plant with similar perfume
colour
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See also
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jasmine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Jasminum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Arabian jasmine, mogra, pikake, jasmine tea
- poet's jasmine
- Spanish jasmine, royal jasmine
- chameli, jessamine, motia