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JESSAMINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jessamine mean?
• JESSAMINE (noun)
The noun JESSAMINE has 1 sense:
1. a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea
Familiarity information: JESSAMINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common jasmine; Jasminum officinale; jessamine; true jasmine
Hypernyms ("jessamine" is a kind of...):
jasmine (any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia)
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