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 arepoisonous
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
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Get some gelsemium from the health food store, get on the pump, and you’re likely to go into labor pretty quickly.
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Get some gelsemium from the health food store, get on the pump, and you're likely to go into labor pretty quickly.
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Carolin jessamine, gelsemium sempervirens, has many buds and this one opened on cue for the bloom day.
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Homeopathic treatments: For colds with flulike symptoms and fevers, use gelsemium 30th potency.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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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
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* 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
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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.
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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.
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