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
They pulled up the fragrant jasmines by the roots to make posies of them, and cut up into neckties the delicate tapestries which Lady Banfi had worked with her own hands.
From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by M?r J?kai
Hardly a kiss, or the shadow of a caress; No decking the hour with the jasmines of touch; But a rose-petal shivering in exquisite agony—our love.
From Sandhya Songs of Twilight by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
