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
Lean but a little way towards me, Out of the window where jasmines twine, Open the lattice, softly, slowly, Till the light of your eyes shall gladden mine.
From The Deluge and Other Poems by John Presland
The very althæas, and lilacs, and clambering jasmines in the dooryard and the large trees that lent shade to a lawn alongside, bespoke the chronological superiority of the place.
From The Faith Doctor A Story of New York by Edward Eggleston
