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day jessamine

day jessamine

9.9
An evergreen shrub with clusters of white tube-shaped flowers that smell sweet in daytime
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : jazmín de día
  • Unlike its nocturnal relative, day jessamine releases its fragrance in the sunlight.

Examples

  • The garden was filled with the sweet scent of day jessamine each morning.

  • She planted day jessamine along the walkway for its fragrant blooms.

  • The day jessamine blooms beautifully in the garden.

  • Can you smell the day jessamine flowers?

  • The garden was filled with the sweet scent of day jessamine each morning.

  • She planted day jessamine along the walkway for its fragrant blooms.

  • Unlike its nocturnal relative, day jessamine releases its fragrance in the sunlight.

Synonyms

Cestrum diurnum
vsday jessamine
  • Specialized
9.9

An evergreen shrub from the West Indies with groups of white, tube-shaped flowers that smell strong during the day

is the common everyday name rather than the formal scientific label

Surface Forms

day jessamine singular
day jessamines plural

Morphology

day + jessamine

The noun phrase is compositionally transparent: 'jessamine' names an aromatic flowering plant and 'day' specifies the time, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a jessamine-like plant that flowers or is fragrant during the daytime. This simple modifier+noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English compounding, making the meaning derivable from the constituents.

Etymology

Day jessamine may get its name from two simple words: day, because its white flowers give a sweet smell during the day, and jessamine, an old word for 'jasmine' used for fragrant plants. So the name helps you remember that this shrub smells in the daytime.