Definition of gelsemium Gelsemium
gel•se•mi•um
We found 4 definitions of gelsemium from 3 different sources.
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What does gelsemium mean?
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| gelsemium - evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia | ||
| genus Gelsemium | ||
| dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination | ||
| family loganiaceae, loganiaceae a dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gelsemium (n.)
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. - gelsemium (n.)
The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial fevers, etc.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gelsemium
jel-sē′mi-um, n. the yellow or Cardina jasmine, a climbing plant of the Atlantic Southern United States, having large fragrant blossoms and perennial dark-green leaves. [It. gelsomino, jasmine.]
