gelsemium
/dʒɛlˈsiːmɪəm
/noun
1 [mass noun] A preparation of the rhizome of yellow jasmine, used in homeopathy to treat flu-like symptoms.For obstetrics gelsemium is extremely important.
2A plant of a genus that includes the yellow jasmine.
- Genus Gelsemium, family Loganiaceae.
Origin
Late 19th century: modern Latin, from Italian gelsomino 'jasmine'.
Rhymes
- macropsia
- macropterous
- macroradical
- macro-scale
- macroscopic
- macroscopical
- macroscopically
- macrosegment
- macrosegregation
- macroseism
- macroseismic
- Macro-Siouan
- macrosmatic
- macrosocial
- macrosocietal
- macrosociolinguistic
- macrosociolinguistics
- macrosomia
- macrosomic
- macrosomite
- macrospicule
- macrosporangium
- macrospore
- macrosporophyll
- macrostate