Definition of Jessamine

1. Noun. A climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea.

Exact synonyms: Common Jasmine, Jasminum Officinale, True Jasmine
Generic synonyms: Jasmine

Definition of Jessamine

1. n. Same as Jasmine.

Definition of Jessamine

1. Proper noun. (given name female from=English), variant of Jasmine. ¹

2. Noun. Variant of jasmine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jessamine

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Jessamine

1. Same as Jasmine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jessamine

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jerrybuilt
jerrycan
jerrycans
jerrygibbsite
jerrygibbsites
jers
jerseyed
jerseys
jerusalem
jervine
jervines
jervisite
jess
jessamies
jessamine
jessamines
jessamy
jessant
jesse
jessed
jessemin
jesses
jessie
jessies
jessing
jest at
jestbook
jestbooks

Literary usage of Jessamine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sing the South: Poems by Judd Mortimer Lewis (1905)
"Oh, no! he is still my brother in spite of his golden dross; Him, bound to the car of Mammon; me, out where the branches toss! 'NEATH Jessamine. ..."

2. Flora Domestica, Or, The Portable Flower-garden: With Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent, Leigh Hunt (1831)
"Now, as I these jessamine flowers entwine, A gift for thy fragrant hair, ... The Common White Jessamine is an exceedingly elegant plant for training over a ..."

3. Jackanapes: Daddy Darwin's Dovecot. The Story of a Short Life by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing, Horatia K. F. Gatty (1887)
"... Nor did Miss Jessamine see her loss from the Cobbler's point of view. On the contrary, Mrs. Johnson said she never to her dying day should forget how, ..."

4. The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin, with an Appendix by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward (1882)
"Thus cried the Jessamine among the flowers, How justly doth a lie Draw on its head despair ! Among th<i fragrant spirits of the bowers The boldest and the ..."

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