WordNet
n. West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night [syn: night jessamine, Cestrum nocturnum]
Usage examples of "night jasmine".
The leaves of the Indian Night Jasmine (Nyctanthes arbortristis - N.
The fragrance of night jasmine blooming on the veranda mixed with the scents of perfume and wine.
From the villa's steeply terraced gardens below, the drowsy summer scents of frangipani and night jasmine perfumed the warm, dark air.
As her breath jerked, she could smell a hint of night jasmine and early roses.
The very smell of the snork roasting over open fires seemed sad, as it wafted under the gloomy Yassaccan pines and then mingled with the softer, sadder scents of the night jasmine and the weeping oleanders that crowded Corporal Golholiwol's garden.
She could smell the romance of night jasmine and roses, hear it in the pulse and pound of the sea.