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• jasmine
  jasmine

  noun

  any of numerous shrubs or vines belonging to the genus Jasminum, of the olive family, having fragrant flowers and used in perfumery.
• Jasmine
  Jasmine

  noun

  a female given name.

jasmine

¹ American  

[jaz-min, jas-] / ˈdʒæz mɪn, ˈdʒæs- /

noun

• jasmines
  plural

1. any of numerous shrubs or vines belonging to the genus Jasminum, of the olive family, having fragrant flowers and used in perfumery.

2. any of several other plants having similar fragrant flowers, as the Carolina jessamine.

3. a pale-yellow color.

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Jasmine ² American  

[jaz-min, jas-] / ˈdʒæz mɪn, ˈdʒæs- /

Also Jasmin,

noun

1. a female given name.

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jasmine British  

/ ˈdʒæsmɪn, ˈdʒæz- /

noun

1. Also called: jessamine.  any oleaceous shrub or climbing plant of the tropical and subtropical genus Jasminum, esp J. officinalis: widely cultivated for their white, yellow, or red fragrant flowers, which are used in making perfume and in flavouring tea See also winter jasmine

2. any of several other fragrant shrubs with fragrant flowers, such as the Cape jasmine, yellow jasmine, and frangipani ( red jasmine )

3. a light to moderate yellow colour

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• jasmined
  adjective
• jasminelike
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• jasmines
  plural

Etymology

Origin of jasmine

1555–65; < Middle French jasmin, variant of jassemin < Arabic yās ( a ) mīn < Persian yāsman, yāsmin

Example Sentences

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In spring, the trail is fragrant with jasmine and pine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Serve your Dino Kung Pao over a bed of warm jasmine rice and top with roasted peanuts and chopped green onions.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Lee kept some plants that have been growing in the yard for decades, like the jasmine climbing around the front of the house as well as the white roses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

The beds are dotted with scented flowers such as honeysuckle, jasmine and lavender, and textured foliage and grasses that patients can touch and smell from their beds.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Next to the Goddess was a picture of a young girl who had Aunty’s eyes—whose photograph was also decorated with a jasmine garland.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

What began as the occasional parent ride-along to a job interview coming out of the Covid era is now full-on career “co-piloting,” said Jasmine Escalera, head career coach at résumé templates service Zety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

He spent more than £9,000 on camping expenses in 2022, the same year he failed to cremate Jasmine Beverley's baby Sunny Beverley-Conlin, Ball said.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Jasmine Beverley, whose son Sunny was stillborn in May 2022, said Bush appeared "lovely" and presented himself as "very respectful".

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Staff writer Jasmine Mendez contributed to this article.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Jasmine lifts one eyebrow with a little smile, as if we just proved her boys are immature point before she turns off and heads down the hall with Camille and Breanna, toward the cafeteria.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

Authorities followed by imposing a ban on jasmines on Beijing florists and in the city’s flower markets.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2012

Freeways lead out of the rotting city core to the suburbs in the hills, where big S.U.V.’s hide behind foliage rich with jasmines and jacaranda.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2011

Flower gardens of roses, azaleas, jasmines, magnolias and camellias will delight them.

From Time Magazine Archive

He received them in his study, a luxurious little room, with a window open upon the little garden in front of the house, and shaded by thick jasmines, trained on the wall.

From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

Nay, breathes deeply of the heavy perfume of the white jasmines of his country, while musing of the scarlet salvias of a distant land.

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares