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Definition: Gelseminum sempervirens
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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