单词 | frangipani |
释义 | frangipani[ fran-juh-pan-ee, -pah-nee ] / ˌfræn dʒəˈpæn i, -ˈpɑ ni / noun, plural fran·gi·pan·is, fran·gi·pan·i.a perfume prepared from or imitating the odor of the flower of a tropical American tree or shrub, Plumeria rubra, of the dogbane family. the tree or shrub itself. Origin of frangipani1860–65; <French frangipane, after Marquis Muzio Frangipane or Frangipani a 16th-century Italian nobleman, the supposed inventor of the perfume Words nearby frangipaniFranco-Prussian War, franc-tireur, franger, frangible, frangipane, frangipani, Franglais, frank, frankalmoign, Frank, Anne, franked investment income Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for frangipaniBritish Dictionary definitions for frangipanifrangipani / (ˌfrændʒɪˈpɑːnɪ) / noun plural -panis or -paniany 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 frangipani Australian an Australian evergreen tree, Hymenosporum flavum, with large fragrant yellow flowers: family Pittosporaceae Word Origin for frangipaniC17: via French from Italian: perfume for scenting gloves, named after the Marquis Muzio Frangipani, 16th-century Roman nobleman who invented it Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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