Jasmine

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Jasminum grandiflorum

The Queen of Perfume

Synonyms:
Royal Jasmine
Jasmine (Wiktionary)

English

Alternative forms

  • jassamine
  • jessamine

Etymology

French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين(yāsamīn), from Persian یاسمین(yâsamin), یاسمن(yâsaman), from Middle Persian yʾsmn' (yāsaman).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdʒæzmɪn/

Noun

jasmine (countable and uncountable

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