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Cape jasmine

American  

noun

  1. the common gardenia, Gardenia jasminoides.


Cape jasmine British  

noun

  1. a widely cultivated gardenia shrub, Gardenia jasminoides See gardenia

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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

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

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

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

Cuttings of Cape jasmine may be rooted in the same way.

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William

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