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Definition: cape jessamine
cape jessamine
n : evergreen shrub widely cultivated for its large fragrant
waxlike white flowers and glossy leaves [syn:
cape jasmine
,
Gardenia jasminoides,
Gardenia augusta]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cape jessamine
Jasmine
\Jas"mine\, n. [F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. y[=a]sm[=i]n,
Pers. y[=a]sm[=i]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.]
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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.
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Cape
\Cape\ (k[=a]p), n. [F. cap, fr. It. capo head, cape, fr.
L. caput heat, end, point. See
Chief.]
A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast
into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.
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Cape buffalo (Zo["o]l.) a large and powerful buffalo of
South Africa (
Bubalus Caffer). It is said to be the most
dangerous wild beast of Africa. See
Buffalo, 2.
Cape jasmine,
Cape jessamine. See
Jasmine.
Cape pigeon (Zo["o]l.), a petrel (
Daptium Capense) common
off the Cape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a
pigeon.
Cape wine, wine made in South Africa [Eng.]
The Cape, the Cape of Good Hope, in the general sense of
the southern extremity of Africa. Also used of Cape Horn,
and, in New England, of Cape Cod.
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