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

In the woods on either side of the drive way are dogwood and Pride-of-Asia trees in full blossom, wild honeysuckle, and the sweet yellow jasmine which fills the air with its delicious fragrance.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

At her breast she wore some sprigs of yellow jasmine procured by him from town—a flower of whose scent she was very fond, and that he had never seen worn in ballrooms.

From Beyond by Galsworthy, John

The forsythias are pretty climbers or shrubs, according to the variety chosen, much like the yellow jasmine, with its golden stars on leafless stems.

From Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them by Biddle, Violet Purton