jasmine
noun
any of numerous shrubs or vines belonging to the genus Jasminum, of the olive family, having fragrant flowers and used in perfumery.
jasmines
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pluralof jasmine.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Similar occurrences may be met with in labiates and jasmines, and in Erica hyemalis.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
On the day on which they buried the deceased, about his sepulcher they planted palms, jasmines, and other flowers peculiar to this region.
