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jessamine

jessamine is the dated form of jasmine.

Meaning of jasmine

Noun

jasmine (countable and uncountable, plural jasmines)

  1. Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers.
  2. The perfume obtained from these plants.
  3. Any of several plants having a similar perfume, but mostly not in the same family.
  4. A yellow colour.

See all 6 meanings of jasmine

Proper noun capitalized: Jessamine

Jessamine

  1. A female given name from English, variant of Jasmine.
    • Quoth he, 'It is not the jessamine one smells, but a slave-girl named Jessamine, whom my father would not buy for me.'1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night

Forms of jessamine

pluraljessamines

Words formed from jessamine

Phrases with jessamine

Questions about jessamine

What does jessamine mean?
Jessamine means a female given name from English, variant of Jasmine.
What is jessamine the dated form of?
Jessamine is the dated form of jasmine.
What part of speech is jessamine?
Jessamine is a proper noun.

Words near jessamine in the dictionary

  1. Jessalyn
  2. Jessalynn
  3. Jessamie
  4. jessamies
  5. jessamin
  6. jessamine
  7. Jessamine County
  8. jessamines
  9. jessamins
  10. jessamy
  11. Jessamyn

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jessamine (page history and authors); Jessamine (page history and authors); jasmine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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