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

There was a yellow jasmine over the porch at one front door, and a woodbine at the other; the cottage had two entrances, each distinct.

From John Halifax, Gentleman by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock

This plant," he went on, pointing to the yellow jasmine which covered the balustrade, "does not climb more eagerly to spread itself in the sunbeams than I have clung to you for this month past.

From Albert Savarus by Marriage, Ellen

There were peach-blossoms, too, and the yellow jasmine was opening its multitudinous buds, climbing over tall trees, and waving from bough to bough.

From Army Life in a Black Regiment by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth