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Confederate jasmine

noun

(sometimes lowercase)


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Confederate jasmine1

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

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That’s Confederate jasmine, he said, which was struggling to thrive.

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To extend the season, 'Madison' Confederate jasmine is tied to the gutters and then strung along copper wire above.

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This time of year, the city is fragrant with blooming Confederate jasmine and magnolia.

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On this chilly, winter-dormant morning, a visitor could only imagine the springtime blooming of her camellias, hydrangeas and Confederate jasmine, the orange trees in urns standing guard at the archway.

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The Southern-Gothic setting�decaying classical porticos plus mazes of wisteria and Confederate jasmine�closes around the reader and, like a perfect symbol, becomes the substance as well as the metaphor for the author's theme of human dissolution.

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