jessamine
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɛsəˌmiːn/
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jazmín
- Carolina jessamine blooms beautifully in the spring, adding vibrant colors to the garden.
- jessamine flower
Examples
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Remember in Magnus's vow when Magnus was looking at that photo of Jem, Tessa, Jessamine, Will, Charlotte, Henry, etc.?
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The Michael Matz trainee, who captured last year's Grade 3 Jessamine over the Keeneland turf, just missed in the Grade 1 Garden City.
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The sweet scent of jessamine filled the air during our afternoon tea.
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I love to infuse my tea with jessamine for its delightful fragrance and flavor.
Synonyms
A climbing shrub with sweet white flowers people use in perfume and tea
A climbing shrub with fragrant white flowers often used to scent tea
Climbing plant with many sweet-smelling white flowers used in perfume and tea
A small evergreen vine with fragrant white flowers used in tea and perfume
Compounds
- Specialized
An evergreen shrub with clusters of white tube-shaped flowers that smell sweet in daytime
A small evergreen bush with white or yellow flowers that smell sweet at night
An evergreen climbing vine from the southern United States with fragrant yellow flowers poisonous to people and pets
How Fragrant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jessamine is the same word as jasmine and comes from an old Persian word yāsamīn meaning 'fragrant flower'. That's why jessamine names a sweet-smelling climbing plant often used in perfume and tea.