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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia

Merriam Webster's

also jessamine noun Etymology: Middle French jasmin, from Arabic y?sam?n, from Persian Date: 1562 1. a. any of numerous often climbing shrubs (genus Jasminum) of the olive family that usually have extremely fragrant flowers; especially a tall-climbing semievergreen Asian shrub (J. officinale) with fragrant white flowers from which oil is extracted for use in perfumes b. any of numerous plants having sweet-scented flowers; especially yellow jessamine 2. a light yellow

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also jasmin, jessamin, jessamine) any of various ornamental shrubs of the genus Jasminum usu. with white or yellow flowers. Phrases and idioms: jasmine tea a tea perfumed with dried jasmine blossom. Etymology: F jasmin, jessemin f. Arab. yas(a)min f. Pers. yasamin

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jasmine Jas"mine, n. [F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. y[=a]sm[=i]n, Pers. y[=a]sm[=i]n; cf. It. gesmino, gelsomino. Cf. Jessamine.] (Bot.) A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The J. officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is J. Sambac, and, with J. angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of Calotropis and Faramea. [Written also jessamine.] Cape jasmine, or Cape jessamine, the Gardenia florida, a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China, and hardy in the Southern United States.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(jasmines) Jasmine is a climbing plant which has small white or yellow flowers with a pleasant smell. N-VAR