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GENUS JASMINUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Jasminum mean?
• GENUS JASMINUM (noun)
The noun GENUS JASMINUM has 1 sense:
1. shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine; jessamine
Familiarity information: GENUS JASMINUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine; jessamine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Jasminum; Jasminum
Hypernyms ("genus Jasminum" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Jasminum"):
jasmine (any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia)
Holonyms ("genus Jasminum" is a member of...):
family Oleaceae; Oleaceae; olive family (trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac)
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