frangipani

noun

Meaning

Any of several tropical American trees, of the genus Plumeria, having fragrant, showy, funnel-shaped flowers of a wide range of colours from creamy to red.
A perfume originally obtained from these flowers

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Related words

frangipane(English)plumeria(English)calachuchi(English)flower-fence(English)platanthera(English)flamboyer(English)wild plum(English)fringepod(English)patras(English)colosseum(English)perfume(English)alba(English)

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