Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of twining shrubs of the order Loganiaceæ, with opposite entire evergreen leaves and fragrant yellow flowers.
  • noun [lowercase] The root of this plant, or the tincture prepared from it, used as a drug.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (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.
  • noun (Med.) The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial fevers, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gelsemium, many of which are poisonous

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia

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Examples

  • Get some gelsemium from the health food store, get on the pump, and you’re likely to go into labor pretty quickly.

    Getting Down To Business | Her Bad Mother 2008

  • Get some gelsemium from the health food store, get on the pump, and you're likely to go into labor pretty quickly.

    Getting Down To Business 2008

  • Carolin jessamine, gelsemium sempervirens, has many buds and this one opened on cue for the bloom day.

    Bloom Days January 2008 « Fairegarden 2008

  • Homeopathic treatments: For colds with flulike symptoms and fevers, use gelsemium 30th potency.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • One of the most effective homeopathic remedies is gelsemium 6th, which conforms to the classic picture of most flu symptoms, including tiredness, weakness, heavy and sick feelings.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • * The Carolina -- not Virginia -- jessamine, gelsemium sempervirens (properly speaking not a jessamine at all) has yellow blossoms.

    The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

  • In the past, various flu epidemics such as the Spanish flu and bird flu have been successfully treated and prevented by homeopathic remedies like gelsemium, bryonia, influenzinum, and oscillococcinum, said homoeopaths.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • In the past, various flu epidemics such as the Spanish flu and bird flu have been successfully treated and prevented by homeopathic remedies like gelsemium, bryonia, influenzinum, and oscillococcinum, said homoeopaths.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

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