jasmine

jas·mine

 (jăz′mĭn) also jes·sa·mine (jĕs′ə-mĭn)

n.

1.

a. Any of several vines or shrubs of the genus Jasminum, native chiefly to Asia and having usually compound leaves and white or yellow flowers. Some of the fragrant species are used in making perfume.

b. The perfume obtained from these plants.

2. See yellow jessamine.

3. Any of several plants or shrubs having fragrant flowers.

4. A light to brilliant yellow.

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[French jasmin, from Old French jassemin, from Arabic yasmīn, from Persian yasmīn, yāsman, from Middle Persian yāsman.]

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jasmine

(ˈdʒæsmɪn; ˈdʒæz-)

n

1. (Plants) Also called: jessamine any oleaceous shrub or climbing plant of the tropical and subtropical genus Jasminum, esp J. officinalis: widely cultivated for their white, yellow, or red fragrant flowers, which are used in making perfume and in flavouring tea. See also winter jasmine

2. (Plants) any of several other fragrant shrubs with fragrant flowers, such as the Cape jasmine, yellow jasmine, and frangipani (red jasmine)

3. (Colours) a light to moderate yellow colour

[C16: from Old French jasmin, from Arabic yāsamīn, from Persian yāsmīn]

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jas•mine

(ˈdʒæz mɪn, ˈdʒæs-)

also jessamine

n.

1. any of numerous shrubs or vines belonging to the genus Jasminum, of the olive family, having fragrant flowers used in perfumes and teas.

2. any of several other plants.

3. a pale yellow color.

[1555–65; < Middle French jasmin, variant of jassemin < Arabic yās(a)mīn < Persian yāsman, yāsmin]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

jasmine - any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia genus Jasminum, Jasminum - shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine; jessamine 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 bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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Translations

Jasmin

Jasmin

γιασεμί

Jasmin

Jasmine

Jázmin

gelsominoGelsomina

jasmim

Jasmine

Yasemin

jasmine

[ˈdʒæzmɪn] N → jazmín m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

jasmine

[ˈdʒæsmɪn ˈdʒæzmɪn] n (= shrub, flower) → jasmin m jasmine teajasmine tea n → thé m au jasmin

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

jasmine

[ˈdʒæzmɪn] n → gelsomino

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

jasmine

n. jazmín;

___ tea → té de ___.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012