Definition of "jessamin" []

• A simplified spelling of jessamine. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It was covered with a thick jessamin vine; and the mysterious, languorous perfume of its starlike flowers filled the narrow resting-place with the very atmosphere of love."
• "And when I heard the rattle and grating of my sword against Zoheir's skull, something issued like the oil of jessamin."
• "The carpet is a fine broadcloth to match the sattin; upon which are worked with white silk, in close tent-stitch, so that it will not easily wear out, bunches of snow-drops; jessamin, and lilly-of-the-valley; finished with a handsome double border."