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Jasminum mesnyi

Jasminum mesnyi

9.9
An evergreen shrub with long spreading branches and bright yellow flowers
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : Jazmín primaveral
  • The Jasminum mesnyi in my garden blooms with a cascade of bright yellow flowers each spring.

Examples

  • She planted a row of Jasminum mesnyi along her fence for year-round greenery and color.

  • Botanists recommend Jasminum mesnyi as an ornamental plant for its evergreen foliage.

  • The Jasminum mesnyi blooms beautifully in spring.

  • Have you seen the Jasminum mesnyi at the botanical garden?

  • Many gardeners choose Jasminum mesnyi for its fragrant yellow flowers and lush green leaves.

  • In spring, Jasminum mesnyi produces a stunning display of bright yellow blossoms that attract butterflies.

  • The landscape designer suggested planting Jasminum mesnyi to provide vibrant color throughout the year.

Synonyms

primrose jasmine
vsJasminum mesnyi
8.9

An evergreen climbing shrub from western China with small yellow flowers

is a rambling evergreen shrub with a trailing habit and yellow flowers

Surface Forms

Jasminum mesnyi singular
Jasminum mesnyis plural

Morphology

Jasminum + mesnyi

The element 'Jasminum' signals the jasmine genus so a learner who knows that constituent can infer this is a kind of jasmine (i.e., a plant), but the species epithet 'mesnyi' is not an English word and offers no compositional meaning to derive the specific sense (evergreen shrub with yellow flowers). Botanical Latin binomials convey some generic information but the species name is effectively opaque to a B1 learner, so the full meaning cannot be predicted from the parts.

Etymology

Jasminum mesnyi has the first word Jasminum from the old Persian word for 'jasmine', and the second word mesnyi probably honors a plant collector named Mesny. So the Latin name simply means 'Mesny's jasmine', which fits this evergreen shrub with bright yellow, primrose-like flowers.