jasmine
n.
any of a number of shrubs or climbing plants which have fragrant flowers (also jasmin)
Jasmine
Jasmine or Jessamine (Jasminum) is a genus of
shrubs and
vines in the olive family (
Oleaceae), with about 200 species, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the
Old World. The majority of species grow as climbers on other plants or on structures. The
leaves can be either
evergreen or
deciduous, and are opposite in most species; leaf shape is simple, trifoliate or
pinnate with up to nine leaflets.
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jasmine
Noun
1. any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(hyponym) primrose jasmine, Jasminum mesnyi
(member-holonym) Jasminum, genus Jasminum
Jasmine
(n.)
A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The J. officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is J. Sambac, and, with J. 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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n.
چنبيلي, ياسمين