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Definition of Night jessamine
1. Noun. West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night.
Exact synonyms: Cestrum Nocturnum, Night Jasmine
Group relationships: Cestrum, Genus Cestrum
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Group relationships: Cestrum, Genus Cestrum
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Night Jessamine
Literary usage of Night jessamine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sailing Sunny Seas: A Story of Travel in Jamaica, Honolulu, Haiti, Santo by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1909)
"... from bushes growing profusely about the lawns, the "night jessamine, "so called
because this spiced flower gives out its fragrance only after nightfall. ..."
2. Wild Work: The Story of the Red River Tragedy by Mary Edwards Bryan (1881)
"CHAPTER XIX. A HALF-MOON hung in the sky. The summer air was full of the scent
of night-jessamine and oleander. ..."
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