English > jasmine: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia. |
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Member of | Jasminum, genus Jasminum | shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World |
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Narrower | Arabian jasmine, Jasminum sambac | East Indian evergreen vine cultivated for its profuse fragrant white flowers |
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common jasmine, true jasmine, jessamine, Jasminum officinale | A climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea |
primrose jasmine, Jasminum mesnyi | evergreen rambling yellow-flowered shrub of western China |
winter jasmine, Jasminum nudiflorum | deciduous rambling shrub widely cultivated for its winter-blooming yellow flowers |
Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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Spanish | jasminum, jazmín |
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Catalan | gessamí, llessamí |
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