any of numerous shrubs or vines belonging to the genus Jasminum, of the olive family, having fragrant flowers and used in perfumery. 2. any of several other plants having similar fragrant flowers, as the Carolina jessamine. 3. a pale-yellow color. Also, jessamine.
1 Security officer's dad remembers dedication. 2  President Barack Obama: Chris Stevens was a friend. 3  Computer expert Sean Smith was renowned in the gamers' universe.  They died in Benghazi with Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya.
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, novelist, and twice prime minister of England, died on this day in 1881. When he was buried in the family vault at Hughenden Manor, near High Wycombe, Queen Victoria came to lay a wreath of primroses, thought to be his favorite flower, on his grave.