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Meaning of "gelsemium" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GELSEMIUM

New Latin, from Italian gelsominojasmine.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GELSEMIUM

gelsemium  [dʒɛlˈsiːmɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GELSEMIUM

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determiner
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Gelsemium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GELSEMIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Gelsemium

Gelsemium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to family Gelsemiaceae. The genus contains three species of shrubs to straggling or twining climbers. Two species are native to North America, and one to China and Southeast Asia. Carolus Linnaeus first classified G. sempervirens as Bignonia sempervirens in 1753; Antoine Laurent de Jussieu renamed the genus in 1789. Gelsemium is a Latinized form of the Italian word for jasmine, gelsomino. G. elegans is also nicknamed "heartbreak grass".

Definition of gelsemium in the English dictionary

The definition of gelsemium in the dictionary is any climbing shrub of the loganiaceous genus Gelsemium, of SE Asia and North America, esp the yellow jasmine, having fragrant yellow flowers. Other definition of gelsemium is the powdered root of the yellow jasmine, formerly used as a sedative.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GELSEMIUM


cadmium
ˈkædmɪəm
chromium
ˈkrəʊmɪəm
coremium
kɒˈriːmɪəm
didymium
daɪˈdɪmɪəm
encomium
ɛnˈkəʊmɪəm
epithalamium
ˌɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪəm
fermium
ˈfɜːmɪəm
ferrochromium
ˌfɛrəʊˈkrəʊmɪəm
holmium
ˈhɒlmɪəm
iridosmium
ˌɪrɪdˈɒzmɪəm
neodymium
ˌniːəʊˈdɪmɪəm
osmium
ˈɒzmɪəm
phormium
ˈfɔːmɪəm
praseodymium
ˌpreɪzɪəʊˈdɪmɪəm
premium
ˈpriːmɪəm
prooemium
prəʊˈiːmɪəm
prostomium
prəʊˈstəʊmɪəm
superpremium
ˌsuːpərˈpriːmɪəm
Verulamium
ˌvɛrʊˈleɪmɪəm
zoospermium
ˌzəʊəˈspɜːmɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GELSEMIUM

gelee
Gelibolu
gelid
gelidity
gelidly
gelidness
gelignite
Gell-Mann
gellant
gelled
gelliflowre
Gelligaer
gelling
gelly
gelsemia
gelsemine
gelseminine
Gelsenkirchen
gelt

WORDS THAT END LIKE GELSEMIUM

aluminium
aquarium
at a premium
auditorium
Belgium
calcium
consortium
equilibrium
insurance premium
lithium
medium
millennium
prothalamium
share premium
sodium
stadium
stomium
symposium
titanium
tomium

Synonyms and antonyms of gelsemium in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «gelsemium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GELSEMIUM

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钩吻
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Translator English - Spanish

gelsemium
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Translator English - Arabic

gelsemium
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Гельземиум
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gelsemium
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gelsemium
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Gelsemium
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Gelsemium
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Translator English - German

Gelsemium
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Translator English - Japanese

ゲルセミウム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gelsemium
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gelsemium
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Translator English - Vietnamese

gelsemium
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Translator English - Tamil

gelsemium
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जिल्समेमियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gelsemium
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Gelsemium
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Gelsemium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Гельземіум
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Gelsemium
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Gelsemium
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

gelsemium
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Translator English - Swedish

Gelsemium
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Gelsemium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gelsemium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GELSEMIUM»

The term «gelsemium» is regularly used and occupies the 79.732 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GELSEMIUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gelsemium» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gelsemium» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gelsemium

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GELSEMIUM»

Discover the use of gelsemium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gelsemium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gelsemium Sempervirens: A Monograph
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Hughes Medical Club (Boston), 2010
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Homeopathic Medicines for Pregnancy and Childbirth
Tincture of the root bark, Gelsemium sempervirens, N. O. Loga- niaceae, yellow jasmine. 1. Acute Inflammation and Fever: Flu Syndrome The range and style of GELSEMIUM are both conveniently epitomized by an ordinary case of "the flu.
Richard Moskowitz, 1992
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Contribution to Our Knowledge of the Chemical Composition of ...
A CONTRIBUTION TO OUR KNOWLEDGE OP THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OP GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS. Case of fatal poisoning by three drachms of the fluid extract, and recovery of the poison some months after death. By Theo.
Theo. G. Wormley, 1870
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Household Homeopathy: A Safe and Effective Approach to ...
GELSEMIUM Source: Yellow Jessamine The general idea of this remedy is weakness that extends to all levels of being: body, mind, and spitit. The weakness itself may be the complete picture of the illness, or it may accompany another set of ...
Vinton McCabe, 2004
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The Spirit of Homeopathic Medicines: Essential Insights to ...
Gelsemium. Paralyzed by Fright Before a worrisome event (an airplane flight, a public appearance, a test, etc.), some people, like Argentum nitricum, are agitated; others will have a lump in their throat, like Ignatia. Gelsemium is paralyzed ...
Didier Grandgeorge, 1997
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Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica
GELSEMIUM.f. Gelsemium sempervirens, Ait. (Gelsemium lucidem, Poir. ; G. nitidum, Miclix. ; Bignonia sempervirens, Linn. ; Lisianthus sempervirens, Mill.). Natural order, Logan iacese. Common name, Yellow Jessamine ...
T. F. Allen, 2013
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Homoeopathic Drug Pictures
GELSEMIUM — YELLOW JESSAMINE —or “Yellow Jasmine”. A climbing plant native to the Southern States of America. We owe Gelsemium as a remedy to Dr. E. M. Hale (U.S.A.),whowasproudof thetitlehiscolleagues gave him,“Father of ...
Margaret L Tyler, 2012
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Influenzas
There is an apparent contradiction here: despite this occular sensitiveness, occasionally a Gelsemium patient becomes scared in the dark and insists on having a light. These patients get very definite acute coryza, with a fluid, watery discharge ...
Douglas M. Borland, 2004
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The Genius of Homoeopathy: Lectures and Essays on Hom. ...
An example is Staphysagria and Gelsemium. When Staphysagria is indicated as constitutional remedy, then for regular acute conditions, Gelsemium may be required in such constitutions. Suppose you administer Staphysagria in proper ...
Stuart Close, 2003
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An Introduction to Homeopathic Medicine in Primary Care
Scientific Name: Gelsemium sempervirens Scientific Family Name: Loganiaceae Common Names: Yellow Jessamine, Carolina Jasmine, Evening Trumpet Flower , and Woodbine OVERVIEW Gelsemium sempervirens is an extremely ...
Sidney Skinner, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GELSEMIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gelsemium is used in the context of the following news items.
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A dire condition and a call to poison control
Earlier in the week, the boy's mother had taken him to the hospital and told the staff the child's grandmother had given him gelsemium, ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
2
Poisonous Rare Plant Used by Russian, Chinese Assassins
The official state flower of South Carolina since 1924 has been Carolina jasmine Gelsemium sempervirens. Native to southeast United States ... «Canada Free Press, Jul 15»
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China's most poisonous plant may also be deadly for cancer cells …
Chinese scientists discovered nine new compounds in Gelsemium elegans (断肠草), the most poisonous indigenous plant in the country, ... «South China Morning Post, Jun 15»
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Any evergreen vines to hide a chain-link fence? Gardening Q&A …
Examples are the Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) and the cross vine (Bignonia capreolata). Until breeders come up with some ... «PennLive.com, Jun 15»
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Follow the money: Magnitsky fraud case reaches France
Known as "heartbreak grass", the Gelsemium elegans plant grows only in Asia and high doses can cause paralysis of the spinal cord, a loss of ... «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jun 15»
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Another Putin Critic Poisoned?
In 2009, the Russian oligarch in exile Alexandr Perepilichny received death threats, and was poisoned with Gelsemium. He had been helping ... «The Weekly Standard, Jun 15»
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Alexander Perepilichnyy death: Call for Surrey Police to reopen case
The hearing into Mr Perepilichnyy's death was told new toxicology information showed a potential marker for a rare poison called Gelsemium ... «BBC News, May 15»
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"Heartbreak grass" kills 5 Chinese workers
... workers' cups and vomit, suggesting they might have accidentally digested Gelsemium elegans, which is called heartbreak grass in Chinese. «EastDay.com, May 15»
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Russian supergrass 'poisoned after being tricked into visiting Paris'
Any fresh inquiry will want to examine how the gelsemium, known commonly as heartbreak grass, got into the dead man's system. Critical to the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Ancient art of poisoning makes killer comeback
According to British media, authorities discovered a rare plant toxin called gelsemium in the dead man's stomach. The most potent type of ... «Independent Online, May 15»

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