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DAY JESSAMINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does day jessamine mean?
• DAY JESSAMINE (noun)
The noun DAY JESSAMINE has 1 sense:
1. West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day
Familiarity information: DAY JESSAMINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cestrum diurnum; day jessamine
Hypernyms ("day jessamine" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("day jessamine" is a member of...):
Cestrum; genus Cestrum (genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs)
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