'Jasmine' definitions:
Definition of 'jasmine'
From: WordNet
noun
Any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
Definition of 'Jasmine'
From: GCIDE
- Jasmine \Jas"mine\, n. [F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. y[=a]sm[imac]n, Pers. y[=a]sm[imac]n; cf. It. gesmino, gelsomino. Cf. Jessamine.] (Bot.) A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The Jasminum officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is Jasminum Sambac, and, with {Jasminum angustifolia}, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of Calotropis and Faramea. [Written also jessamine.] [1913 Webster]
- Cape jasmine, or Cape jessamine, the Gardenia florida, a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China, and hardy in the Southern United States. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Jasmine'
- Cape jasmine,
- Jasmine Estates,
- arabian jasmine,
- blue jasmine,
- carolina jasmine,
- cayenne jasmine,
- chilean jasmine,
- common jasmine,
- confederate jasmine,
- crape jasmine,
- crepe jasmine,
- jasmine tobacco,
- madagascar jasmine,
- night jasmine,
- primrose jasmine,
- star jasmine,
- true jasmine,
- winter jasmine,
- yellow jasmine,
- Jasmine Estates, FL,
- west indian jasmine