blue jessamine
- noun
- /bluː ˈdʒɛsəˌmiːn/
- US
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jazmín azul
- The blue jessamine bloomed along the fence, filling the garden with a sweet fragrance.
Examples
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In spring, the blue jessamine attracts bees and butterflies with its vivid flowers.
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He planted a blue jessamine beside the porch to add color to the yard.
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The blue jessamine blooms beautifully in spring.
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Have you seen the blue jessamine in our garden?
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He planted a blue jessamine beside the porch to add color to the yard.
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In spring, the blue jessamine attracts bees and butterflies with its vivid flowers.
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The blue jessamine bloomed along the fence, filling the garden with a sweet fragrance.
Synonyms
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7.2
A climbing plant with blue-purple flowers grown for gardens
A climbing plant with bluish-purple flowers
A climbing plant with blue and purple flowers that grows in the southern United States
A climbing plant with bluish-purple flowers that grows in wet ground
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is a straightforward modifier + noun combination: 'blue' describes the color of the 'jessamine', so the plant meaning ('a jessamine with blue flowers') is directly derivable from the parts. This adjective+noun compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and would be clear to a B1 learner who already knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Blue jessamine probably comes from people noting the plant's blue flowers (blue) and its jasmine-like smell (jessamine), so they put the words together. That is why blue jessamine today means 'a climbing plant with bluish-purple, fragrant flowers'.