Carolina jessamine

or Carolina jasmine


noun
  1. a vine, Gelsemium sempervirens, of the southern U.S. and Central America, of the logania family, having glossy, lance-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow flowers: the state flower of South Carolina.

Origin of Carolina jessamine

1
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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