confederate jasmine

noun

: either of two vines of the genus Trachelospermum:

a

: star jasmine

b

: a similar vine (T. asiaticum) having smaller but broader leathery leaves with blunt tips

Word History

Etymology

so called from its cultivation in the southern U.S.

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