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Meaning of FRANGIPANI

Pronunciation:  `franju'panee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers
 
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 Synonyms: frangipanni
 
 See Also: bush, genus Plumeria, pagoda tree, Plumeria, Plumeria acutifolia, Plumeria alba, Plumiera, shrub, temple tree, West Indian jasmine

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fran`gi*pan"i\, Frangipanni \Fran`gi*pan"ni\, n.
[Another spelling of frangipane.]
A perfume derived from, or imitating the odor of, the flower
of the red jasmine, a West Indian tree of the genus
{Plumeria}.
 

 

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