'Jessamine' definitions:
Definition of 'jessamine'
(from WordNet)
noun
A climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea [syn: common jasmine, true jasmine, jessamine, Jasminum officinale]
Definition of 'Jessamine'
From: GCIDE
- Jessamine \Jes"sa*mine\, n. (Bot.) Same as Jasmine. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'jessamine'
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]
Jessamine -- U.S. County in Kentucky
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Jessamine -- U.S. County in Kentucky
Population (2000) :
39041
Housing Units (2000) :
14646
Land area (2000) :
173.132935 sq. miles (448.412225 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
1.319831 sq. miles (3.418347 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
174.452766 sq. miles (451.830572 sq. km)
Located within :
Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location :
37.879166 N, 84.587109 W