Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gelsemium"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. (Med.) The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial
fevers, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Gelsemium
n : evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia
[syn: {Gelsemium}, {genus Gelsemium}]
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