Found 3 hits - Term: cape jessamine, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jasmine \jas"mine\, n. f. jasmin, sp. jazmin, ar.
y=asmimacn, pers. y=asmimacn; cf. it. gesmino,
gelsomino. cf. jessamine. bot.
a shrubby plant of the genus jasminum, bearing flowers of a
peculiarly fragrant odor. the jasminum officinale, common
in the south of europe, bears white flowers. the arabian
jasmine is jasminum sambac, and, with jasminum
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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
jessamine jasminum jasminum officinale jasminum sambac jasminum angustifolia gelseminum sempervirens
gelsemium calotropis faramea jessamine cape jasmine
cape jessamine gardenia florida
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cape \cape\ k=ap, n. f. cap, fr. it. capo head, cape, fr.
l. caput heat, end, point. see chief.
a piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast
into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.
1913 webster
cape buffalo zool. a large and powerful buffalo of south
africa bubalus caffer. it is said to be the most
dangerous wild beast of africa. see buffalo, 2.
cape jasmine, cape jessamine. see jasmine.
cape pigeon zool., a petrel daptium capense common
off the cape of good hope. it is about the size of a
pigeon.
cape wine, wine made in south africa eng.
the cape, the cape of good hope, in the general sense of
the southern extremity of africa. also used of cape horn,
and, in new england, of cape cod.
1913 webster
see also:
chief cape buffalo bubalus caffer buffalo cape jasmine cape jessamine
jasmine cape pigeon daptium capense cape wine the cape
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
cape jessamine
n : evergreen shrub widely cultivated for its large fragrant
waxlike white flowers and glossy leaves syn: cape
jasmine, gardenia jasminoides, gardenia augusta
see also:
cape jasmine gardenia jasminoides gardenia augusta
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