jessemin

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jessemin (uncountable)

  1. Archaic spelling of jasmine.
    • 1709, unknown translator, (originally by Charles Jacques Poncèt), A Voyage to Æthiopia, Made in the Years 1698, 1699, and 1700
      The Forests are fill'd with Orange-trees, Citron-trees, Jessemin, Pomgranate-trees, and several other Trees loaded with Blossoms, which send forth a most fragrant Smell.