cayenne jasmine
- noun
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jazmín de cayena
- The cayenne jasmine is prized for its vivid pink flowers and sweet fragrance.
Examples
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Gardeners often plant cayenne jasmine along fences for a splash of color in spring.
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A bouquet of cayenne jasmine can fill a room with its delightful scent.
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The cayenne jasmine blooms beautifully in the spring.
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I planted a cayenne jasmine in my garden last year.
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A bouquet of cayenne jasmine can fill a room with its delightful scent.
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The cayenne jasmine is prized for its vivid pink flowers and sweet fragrance.
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Gardeners often plant cayenne jasmine along fences for a splash of color in spring.
How Fragrant
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun-noun composition signals that this is a variety of jasmine, so a learner who knows 'cayenne' and 'jasmine' will likely infer it is a type of jasmine plant. However, 'cayenne' normally evokes a hot pepper and does not transparently explain the specific botanical features (woody habit, pink/red fragrant flowers), so the precise meaning is not fully predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Cayenne jasmine may come from the town Cayenne or from the red pepper called 'cayenne'. The plant's many bright pink-red flowers look a little like pepper and give a strong sweet smell, so the name now refers to this fragrant, colorful jasmine.