jessamine
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Carolina jessamine will take a little shade, as will the crossvine, both natives.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2020
A thousand jessamine flowers bloom in Charleston, each marvelous in its way.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2011
She was unusually pale and very quiet She stood on the front veranda as he quitted the house, and absendy picked a few sprays of jessamine that grew upon a trellis near by.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
The fishpool was in Miss Rachel’s side yard, and it was surrounded by azalea bushes, rose bushes, camellia bushes, and cape jessamine bushes.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
It contains three fountains—an abundance of flowers: there are orange-trees on the wall between the windows, and jessamine under them.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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