winter jasmine

American  

noun

1. a shrub, Jasminum nudiflorum, of China, having winter-blooming, yellow flowers.

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winter jasmine British  

noun

1. a jasmine shrub, Jasminum nudiflorum, widely cultivated for its winter-blooming yellow flowers

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Example Sentences

The winter jasmine, with its yellow bells, erupted, an event that leads many to think the forsythias are abloom.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2021

Spring in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains is nothing less than an endowment from the natural world: flowering dogwoods and pink redbuds, daffodils, crocuses and winter jasmine infuse the already verdant landscape.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2019

Nichols’s delight in his cyclamen was nothing against the pride he felt for the December-to-March flowers he cultivated, proving there is more to cold-weather blooms than snowdrops, winter jasmine and Christmas roses.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2011