Cape jasmine
Americannoun
noun
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Orange-trees were evidently favourite rendezvous; and a row of flower-sellers had established themselves in front of a hedge of scarlet hibiscus and double Cape jasmine.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie
The air was rich with the fragrance of the magnolia and Cape jasmine, and glad with music and soft and merry voices.
From Waring's Peril by King, Charles
"More than ever like one of my Cape jasmine stars," thinks old Brightie.
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 by Peters, Charles
The principal among them are the Arabian jasmine, jasminum sambac, and the Cape jasmine, jasminum fragrans.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
In the South, Cape jasmine, in the Far West, the golden California poppies and carnations, are beautiful to use.
From Entertaining Made Easy by Burt, Emily Rose
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