ProbableNamed from the place
Spanish jasmine
noun · first attested 18th century
Spanish jasmine is from South Asia; Spain was only the middleman.
Jasminum grandiflorum, a large-flowered jasmine grown for its perfume oil.
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- Named from the place
- Confidence
- ProbableThe conventional story is likely, with caveats.
- Attested
- 18th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Spanish jasmine
The plant reached Mediterranean gardens from South Asia and Arabia, and Spanish and later French growers supplied the perfume trade, which is how the name attached itself. It also sells as royal jasmine and Catalonian jasmine, labels that likewise point at the trade rather than the origin.
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