jasmine(n = noun.plant) - any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia;
is a kind of bush, shrub
is a member of genus jasminum, jasminum
has particulars: jasminum mesnyi, primrose jasmine, jasminum nudiflorum, winter jasmine, common jasmine, jasminum officinale, jessamine, true jasmine, arabian jasmine, jasminum sambac

   A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The Jasminum officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is Jasminum Sambac, and, with Jasminum angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of Calotropis and Faramea. [1913 Webster]

jasmine, n. (also jasmin, jessamin, jessamine) any of various ornamental shrubs of the genus Jasminum usu. with white or yellow flowers.

Idiom:
jasmine tea a tea perfumed with dried jasmine blossom.

Etymology:
F jasmin, jessemin f. Arab. yas(a)min f. Pers. yasamin

arabian jasmine, blue jasmine, cape jasmine, carolina jasmine, cayenne jasmine, chilean jasmine, common jasmine, confederate jasmine, crape jasmine, crepe jasmine, jasmine tobacco, madagascar jasmine, night jasmine, primrose jasmine, star jasmine, true jasmine, west indian jasmine, winter jasmine, yellow jasmine