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JASMINUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine; jessamine
Synonyms:
genus Jasminum; Jasminum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Jasminum" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Jasminum"):
jasmine (any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia)
Holonyms ("Jasminum" is a member of...):
family Oleaceae; Oleaceae; olive family (trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac)