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

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

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

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

There are trees of millefleur roses; heliotrope and honeysuckle cover every pillar, and yellow jasmine trails over everything….

From Life in Mexico by Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis)