yellow jasmine

American  

Or yellow jessamine

noun

1. Carolina jessamine.

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yellow jasmine British  

noun

1. a climbing shrub, Gelsemium sempervirens, of the southeastern US, having fragrant funnel-shaped yellow flowers: family Loganiaceae See also gelsemium

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Etymology

Origin of yellow jasmine

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

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yellow jasmine

There are already five different plants including yellow jasmine, which is the official flower, to the official fruit — the peach — to Indian Grass, which is, unsurprisingly, South Carolina’s official grass.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

This inspiration came namely in the colors Molinari chose - daisy yellow, jasmine white and azalea fuchsia.

From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 2019

When I first saw her, she stood just so, with her open palms full of yellow jasmine.

From Winter Evening Tales by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

The flowers are mounted like the yellow jasmine.

From The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling by Peachey, Emma

Here the yellow jasmine, red-bud, orange-tree, etc., perfume the whole woods, and the japonicas and azaleas cover the garden.

From Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee by Lee, Robert Edward, General