Jasmine – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
jasmine
n.
any of a number of shrubs or climbing plants which have fragrant flowers (also jasmin)
Jasmine
Jasmine (
taxonomic name Jasminum ) is a
genus of
shrubs and
vines in the olive family (
Oleaceae). It contains around 200 species native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the
Eurasia,
Australasia and
Oceania. Jasmines are widely cultivated for the characteristic fragrance of their flowers. A number of unrelated plants contain the word "Jasmine" in their common names (see Other plants called "Jasmine").
jasmine
Noun
1. any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(hyponym) primrose jasmine, Jasminum mesnyi
(member-holonym) Jasminum, genus Jasminum
jasmine
Rzecz.
jaśmin
Jasmine
(n.)
A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The J. officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is J. Sambac, and, with J. 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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