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GELSEMIUM
Gelsemium, genus Gelsemium
(noun) evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
gelsemium (plural gelsemiums)
Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gelsemium, many of which are poisonous.
Hyponyms
• (Gelsemium): heartbreak grass (Gelsemium elegans); Rankin's jessamine, swamp jessamine, Rankin's trumpetflower (Gelsemium rankinii); yellow jessamine, Carolina jessamine, evening trumpetflower (Gelsemium sempervirens)
Source: Wiktionary
Gel*se"mium, n. Etym: [NL., fr. It. gelsomino jasmine.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
2. (Med.)
Definition: The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial fevers, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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