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Jasmine
Jas′mine
,Noun.
(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
.] 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.