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JASMINUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine; jessamine

Synonyms:

genus Jasminum; Jasminum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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