Jasmine
name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers. countable, uncountable
- 2 any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia wordnet
- 3 The perfume obtained from these plants. countable, uncountable
- 4 Any of several not closely related plants having a similar perfume. countable, uncountable
- 5 A yellow colour. countable, uncountable
- 1 A female given name from Persian. countable, uncountable
"Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas spoke out against the order on Thursday, saying in an X post, “First Trump removes any reference of diversity from the present — now he’s trying to remove it from our history. Let me be PERFECTLY clear— you cannot erase our past and you cannot stop us from fulfilling our future.”"
- 2 A surname from Persian. countable, uncountable
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More examples"I would drink some jasmine green tea."
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle Persian yʾsmn' Classical Persian یَاسَمِین (yāsamīn)bor. Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn)bor. French jasminbor. English jasmine Borrowed from French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn).
From French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn), from Classical Persian یاسمین (yāsamīn), from earlier یاسمن (yāsaman), from Middle Persian yʾsmn' (yāsaman).
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