jasmine
IPA: dʒˈæzmʌn
Root Word: Jasmine
noun
- A female given name from Persian
- A surname from Persian.
- Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers.
- The perfume obtained from these plants.
- Any of several not closely related plants having a similar perfume.
- A yellow colour.
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Examples of "jasmine" in Sentences
- The word "jasmine" has been censored from many websites, the newspaper says.
- The word "jasmine" has been censored from many websites, the newspaper reports.
- Meanwhile, any reference to Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution and even the word jasmine was censored in text messages and on search engines.
- "The authorities might have a hard time eradicating the word jasmine completely," the reports, citing the popularity of the word in China.
- The calls have apparently led the Chinese government to censor postings containing the word "jasmine" in an attempt to quell any potential unrest.
- Searches for the word "jasmine" were blocked Saturday on China's largest Twitter-like microblog, and the website where the request first appeared said it was hit by an attack.
- The term "jasmine gatherings" comes from the protests in Tunisia that ousted long-time President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January in what supporters there called a "Jasmine Revolution."
- The reference to the word jasmine is the name some have attached to widespread anti-government protests that have swept through Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and other countries in the Middle East.
- Dozens of activists were detained, mass text messages were jammed and searches for the word "jasmine" were blocked on Chinese micro-blogging websites after a mysterious call to revolt spread over Twitter and other social-networking sites on Saturday and Sunday.
- Carlos Barria/Reuters The government deployed extra police to the planned protest sites, deleted almost all online discussion of the appeal, blocked searches for the word 'jasmine' on micro-blogging and other sites, and temporarily disabled mass text-messaging services.
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