jasmine
noun/ˈdʒæzmɪn/
/ˈdʒæzmɪn/
[uncountable, countable]- a plant with white or yellow flowers with a sweet smell, sometimes used to make perfume and also sometimes added to teaTopics Plants and treesc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryJasmine is used before these nouns:
- scent
- tea
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French jasmin and obsolete French jessemin, from Arabic yāsamīn, from Persian yāsamīn.Want to learn more?
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