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Cape jasmine

noun

  1. the common gardenia, Gardenia jasminoides.


Cape jasmine

noun

  1. a widely cultivated gardenia shrub, Gardenia jasminoides See gardenia
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Since Linnaeus did not take Colden's suggestion for the plant, she lost the honor of naming a new discovery for a colleague — Peter Ellis named a different plant in Garden's honor: Gardenia jasminodies, the cape jasmine or gardenia.

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He compiled an inventory of Mrs. Grant’s favorite plants — a cape jasmine gardenia, sweet olive, daisies, blackberries.

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The principal among them are the Arabian jasmine, jasminum sambac, and the Cape jasmine, jasminum fragrans.

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The air was heavy with the scent of orange blossom, cape jasmine, and frangipani.

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She sat in her husband's easy chair, her head pillowed on his dressing gown, where a fresh Cape jasmine gleamed, and over her lap flowed the yellowed lace of Marcia's christening robe, half hiding the baby shoes of white kid.

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