yellow jessamine
- noun
- /ˈjɛloʊ ˈdʒɛsəˌmiːn/
- US
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jazmín amarillo
- Gardeners warn that yellow jessamine is toxic if ingested by humans or pets.
Examples
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The sweet scent of yellow jessamine filled the southern garden in early spring.
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Along the fence, yellow jessamine vines climbed, brightening the landscape with their golden blossoms.
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The yellow jessamine grew wildly in the garden.
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Is the yellow jessamine safe to touch?
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Gardeners warn that yellow jessamine is toxic if ingested by humans or pets.
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The sweet scent of yellow jessamine filled the southern garden in early spring.
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Along the fence, yellow jessamine vines climbed, brightening the landscape with their golden blossoms.
Synonyms
A climbing evergreen plant that has sweet yellow funnel-shaped flowers and poisonous parts
An evergreen climbing plant from the southeastern United States with sweet-smelling yellow trumpet flowers that is poisonous
A poisonous evergreen climbing plant with fragrant yellow flowers from the southern United States
A poisonous woody evergreen vine with sweet-smelling yellow flowers shaped like funnels in the southeastern United States
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward color + plant compound: a B1 learner who knows 'yellow' and 'jessamine' will infer it refers to a jasmine-like (yellow-flowered) climbing plant. This follows common color+noun naming patterns across languages and is descriptive rather than idiomatic, so the meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
The plant name yellow jessamine comes from the bright yellow flowers and jessamine, an old word for 'jasmine' used because the blooms smell sweet. So the name helps you picture a yellow, jasmine-scented vine, but this vine is 'poisonous'.
