jas·mine
noun/ˈdʒæzmɪn/
/ˈdʒæzmɪn/
[uncountable, countable]- a plant with white or yellow flowers with a sweet smell, sometimes used to make perfume and also sometimes added to tea
茉莉；素馨 Oxford Collocations DictionaryJasmine is used before these nouns:- scent
- tea
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French jasmin and obsolete French jessemin, from Arabic yāsamīn, from Persian yāsamīn.