Emily Dickinson Lexicon

JAS'MIN, n. [Fr. jasmin; Sp. jazmin; It. gelsomino. The Ar. is يَاسِمٌ yasminin. It is sometimes written in English jessamine.]

The popular name of certain species of the genus Jasminum, bearing beautiful flowers. The common white jasmin is a climbing shrub, rising on supports 15 or 20 feet high. The name is also given to several plants of different genera; as, the Arabian Jasmin, of the genus Nyctanthes; the bastard Jasmin, of the genus Cestrum, and also of the genus Lycium; the Persian Jasmin, of the genus Syringa; the red Jasmin, of the genus Plumeria; the scarlet and yellow Jasmin, of the genus Bignonia, and Gelseminum. – Encyc.