gelsemium [dʒɛlˈsiːmɪəm]
n pl -miums, -mia [-mɪə]
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any climbing shrub of the loganiaceous genus Gelsemium, of SE Asia and North America, esp the yellow jasmine, having fragrant yellow flowers
2. (Medicine / Pharmacology) the powdered root of the yellow jasmine, formerly used as a sedative
[New Latin, from Italian gelsomino jasmine]
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| Noun | 1. |  Gelsemium - evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asiadicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination family Loganiaceae, Loganiaceae - a dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales Carolina jasmine, evening trumpet flower, Gelsemium sempervirens, yellow jasmine, yellow jessamine - poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers |
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