English-Thai Dictionary
jasmine
N ดอกมะลิ jessamine dok-ma-li
jasmine
N ต้น มะลิ มะลิ Jasminum jessamine ton-ma-li
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
JASMINE
Jas "mine, n. Etym: [F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. yasmin, Pers. yasmin;cf. It. gesmino, gelsomino. Cf. Jessamine. ] (Bot. )
Defn: A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The J. officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is J. Sambac, and, with J. angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium ). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of Calotropis and Faramea. [Written also jessamine. ] Cape jasmine, or Cape jessamine, the Gardenia florida, a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China, and hardy in the Southern United States.
New American Oxford Dictionary
jasmine
jas mine |ˈjazmən ˈʤæzmən |(also jessamine |ˈjesəmin |) ▶noun an Old World shrub or climbing plant that bears fragrant flowers used in perfumery or tea. It is popular as an ornamental. [Genus Jasminum, family Oleaceae: many species, including the winter jasmine. ] • used in names of other shrubs or climbers with fragrant flowers, e.g., Cape jasmine, yellow jasmine. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French jasmin and obsolete French jessemin, from Arabic yāsamīn, from Persian yāsamīn.
jasmine tea
jas mine tea ▶noun a tea perfumed with dried jasmine blossoms.
Oxford Dictionary
jasmine
jasmine |ˈdʒazmɪn, ˈdʒas -| ▶noun an Old World shrub or climbing plant which is popular as an ornamental and bears fragrant white, pink, or yellow flowers. ●Genus Jasminum, family Oleaceae: many species, including the winter jasmine. • used in names of other shrubs or climbers with fragrant flowers, e.g. Cape jasmine, yellow jasmine. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French jasmin and obsolete French jessemin, from Arabic yāsamīn, from Persian yāsamīn.
jasmine tea
jas |mine tea ▶noun [ mass noun ] a tea perfumed with dried jasmine blossom.
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