Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The red jasmine, Plumeria rubra, of the West Indies. See
Plumeria .
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Examples
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The friendly 'busman directed me to a gable sheltered by a yellow jasmine-tree, where I tapped on the door with my knuckle.
Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916
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The torrent, formed by the spring, and shaded with heliconias, uncovers, as it falls, the roots of the plumerias, * (* The red jasmine-tree, frangipanier of the French West India Islands.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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