Library / English Dictionary

    JASMINE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asiaplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("jasmine" is a kind of...):

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jasmine"):

    Jasminum mesnyi; primrose jasmine (evergreen rambling yellow-flowered shrub of western China)

    Jasminum nudiflorum; winter jasmine (deciduous rambling shrub widely cultivated for its winter-blooming yellow flowers)

    common jasmine; Jasminum officinale; jessamine; true jasmine (a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea)

    Arabian jasmine; Jasminum sambac (East Indian evergreen vine cultivated for its profuse fragrant white flowers)

    Holonyms ("jasmine" is a member of...):

    genus Jasminum; Jasminum (shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine; jessamine)

    Credits


    © 1991-2023 The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin | Titi Tudorancea® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
    Contact