Definition of Jasminum officinale

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, Jessamine, True Jasmine
Generic synonyms: Jasmine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jasminum Officinale

Jarrell
Jarrick
Jarrow
Jarvik artificial heart
Jarvik heart
Jarvis
Jas.
Jasmin
Jasmina
Jasmine
Jasmine tobacco
Jasminum
Jasminum mesnyi
Jasminum nudiflorum
Jasminum officinale
Jasminum sambac
Jason
Jason mask
Jasper
Jasper Johns
Jaspers
Jat
Jatinegara
Jatropha
Jatropha curcas
Jatropha curcus
Jatropha glandulifera

Literary usage of Jasminum officinale

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

1. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1888)
"A very fragrant oil obtained from the flowers of jasminum officinale, J. sam- bac, ... The jasminum officinale. T., yellow. ..."

2. Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club by Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, Hereford, England, G. H. Jack (1869)
"... Esq., showing the effect of budding this shrub with a variegated form of jasminum officinale. This specimen was obtained from Mr. Godsall, florist, ..."

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