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Definition of Day jessamine

1. Noun. West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Day Jessamine

Literary usage of Day jessamine

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

1. Reply to Rev. Dr. Woods' "Lecture on Swedenborgianism ;": Delivered in the by George Bush, William Benjamin Hayden, Nathaniel Francis Cabell, Richard Kenner Crallé, Catherine Crowe, Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner, John Clowes, Massachusetts New-Church Union, Swedenborg Foundation (1847)
"Gentlemen :—Let me now mention the proposed names for the days of the week; Rose-day, Pink-day, Jessamine-day, Lilly-day, Violet-day, Tulip-day, Dahlia-day. ..."

2. Who's who in America by John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis (1906)
"... Luncheon and Tea: Loitering; in Pleasant Paths; Old Field School-Girl; Judith: Handicapped; Nemesis; At Last; Helen.Gardner's Wedding Day; Jessamine; ..."

3. A Dictionary of American Authors by Oscar Fay Adams (1897)
"... Judith ; The Hidden Path ; Handicapped ; Nemesis ; At Last ; Helen Gardner's Wedding-Day ; Jessamine ; With the Best Intentions ; True as Steel ..."

4. Dictionary of American Authors by Oscar Fay Adams (1904)
"... At Last ; Halen Gardner's Wedding-Day ; Jessamine ; With the Best Intentions ; True as Steel : Sunnybank ; From My Youth Up ; My Little Love ; A Gallant ..."

5. Highways and Byways in Middlesex by Walter Jerrold (1909)
"in their day. Jessamine House—in which these words are written—was at one time the residence of Thomas ..."

6. Circular by Puerto Rico Federal Experiment Station, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station (Mayaguez) (1918)
"Cestrum diurnum L. Day Cestrum, Day-Jessamine "Dama de Dia" (fig. 22, A) Solanaceae This attractive cestrum has large numbers of creamy-white flowers. ..."

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