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frangipani
[ fran-juh-pan-ee, -pah-nee ]
noun
, plural fran·gi·pan·is, fran·gi·pan·i.
- a tree or shrub of the genus Plumeria, especially Plumeria rubra, or the flowers from this tree.
- a perfume prepared from or imitating the scent of the Plumeria rubra flower.
frangipani
/ ˌfrændʒɪˈpɑːnɪ /
noun
- any tropical American apocynaceous shrub of the genus Plumeria , esp P. rubra , cultivated for its waxy typically white or pink flowers, which have a sweet overpowering scent
- a perfume prepared from this plant or resembling the odour of its flowers
- native frangipanian Australian evergreen tree, Hymenosporum flavum , with large fragrant yellow flowers: family Pittosporaceae
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Word History and Origins
Origin of frangipani1
First recorded in 1860–65; from French frangipane, after Marquis Muzio Frangipane or Frangipani a 16th-century Italian nobleman, the supposed inventor of the perfume
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Word History and Origins
Origin of frangipani1
C17: via French from Italian: perfume for scenting gloves, named after the Marquis Muzio Frangipani , 16th-century Roman nobleman who invented it
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Example Sentences
Instead, it smelled of frangipani and the tangy bite of the ocean.
From Literature
Outside of the South Pacific, Fiji, an island nation of about a million people, is seen as a remote vacation idyll: frangipani flowers, golden beaches, cobalt seas.
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The fragrance of frangipani, honeysuckle, and jasmine grew heavy enough to strangle a man.
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Then you see the dusty frangipani trees, their fragrant buds just starting to open.
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The flame trees blaze with vermilion flowers, and the frangipani’s fragrance is at its most intense in May, before the monsoons move in.
From New York Times
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