JASMINE
Dictionary entry overview: What does jasmine mean?
• JASMINE (noun)
The noun JASMINE has 1 sense:
1. any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
Familiarity information: JASMINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• JASMINE (noun)
Meaning:
Any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("jasmine" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jasmine"):
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)
Holonyms ("jasmine" is a member of...):
genus Jasminum; Jasminum (shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine; jessamine)
