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jasmine

UK/ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/US/ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/
nounB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #3,514 of 15,258neutral

Jasmine is a climbing plant with small white flowers and a strong scent. Jasmine tea, the scent of jasmine, a jasmine bush.

The flowers open at night and the scent is strongest then, which is why it is planted by doors and windows. It is used in tea, in perfume and as a name. Note that the word came into English through French from Arabic, and before that from Persian.

Jim Evans · CC BY-SA 4.0

Definitions of jasmine

  1. 1nounjasmineA climbing plant with scented white flowers.B1+

    “The jasmine over the gate smelled wonderful on summer evenings.”

jasmine is a plant.

Where it comes from

French jasmin comes from Arabic yasmin, from Persian. The plant and its name travelled together.

  1. French

    jasmin

  2. English, today

    jasmine

Borrowed from French jasmin. French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Trees & Flowers

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jasmine in the wild

  • The village of Shubra Beloula in Egypt grows most of the jasmine used by the global perfume industry.

    Jasmine

  • Japan is known for its jasmine tea production as well, especially in Okinawa Prefecture, where it is called Sanpin-cha.

    Jasmine tea

  • Despite its common name, the species is not a "true jasmine" and not of the genus Jasminum.

    Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

  • Jasminum sambac (Arabian jasmine or Sambac jasmine or Mogra) is a species of jasmine native to Bhutan and India.

    Jasminum sambac

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.