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Gelsemium
(gcide) | Gelsemium \Gel*se"mium\, n. [NL., fr. It. gelsomino jasmine.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants. The yellow (false)
jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is a native of the
Southern United States. It has showy and deliciously
fragrant flowers.
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2. (Med.) The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial
fevers, etc.
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gelsemium
(wn) | Gelsemium
n 1: evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia
[syn: Gelsemium, genus Gelsemium] |
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Gelsemium sempervirens
(gcide) | Gelsemine \Gel"se*mine\, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine ({Gelsemium
sempervirens}), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance;
-- called also gelsemia.
[1913 Webster]Gelseminic \Gel`se*min"ic\, n. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine
(Gelsemium sempervirens); as, gelseminic acid, a white
crystalline substance resembling esculin.
[1913 Webster]Gelsemium \Gel*se"mium\, n. [NL., fr. It. gelsomino jasmine.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants. The yellow (false)
jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is a native of the
Southern United States. It has showy and deliciously
fragrant flowers.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial
fevers, etc.
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gelsemium
(wn) | Gelsemium
n 1: evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia
[syn: Gelsemium, genus Gelsemium] |
gelsemium sempervirens
(wn) | Gelsemium sempervirens
n 1: poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United
States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers [syn:
yellow jasmine, yellow jessamine, Carolina jasmine,
evening trumpet flower, Gelsemium sempervirens] |
genus gelsemium
(wn) | genus Gelsemium
n 1: evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia
[syn: Gelsemium, genus Gelsemium] |
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