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FRANGIPANNI
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers
Synonyms:
frangipani; frangipanni
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("frangipanni" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frangipanni"):
pagoda tree; Plumeria acutifolia; temple tree (frangipani of India having an erect habit and conical form; grown in temple gardens)
pagoda tree; Plumeria alba; West Indian jasmine (tall sparingly branched conical tree having large fragrant yellow flowers with white centers)
Holonyms ("frangipanni" is a member of...):
genus Plumeria; Plumeria; Plumiera (deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers)
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