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YELLOW JESSAMINE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow jessamine mean?

• YELLOW JESSAMINE (noun)
The noun YELLOW JESSAMINE has 1 sense:

1. poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers

Familiarity information: YELLOW JESSAMINE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• YELLOW JESSAMINE (noun)

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Meaning:

Poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Carolina jasmine; evening trumpet flower; Gelsemium sempervirens; yellow jasmine; yellow jessamine

Hypernyms ("yellow jessamine" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("yellow jessamine" is a member of...):

Gelsemium; genus Gelsemium (evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia)

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