sampaguitan.
/sampəˈɡiːtə/ A local name in the Philippines for the Arabian jasmine, Jasminum sambac; the flowers of this tree.
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1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 667/1 Valuable essential oils are obtained from the flowers of the ilangilang, sampaguita, and champaca.
1966 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 25 Oct. (1970) 434 There were more ‘Blue Ladies’—Mrs. Marcos' hostess committee—with fragrant leis of sampaguita for each of the First Ladies.
1980 N.Y. Times 7 Sept. x. 7/1 In busy commercial districts where brightly painted minibuses called jeepneys ply, sampaguita leis are hawked by young vendors.
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