plumeria

plu·mer·i·a

P5414750 (plo͞o-mîr′ē-ə)n. See frangipani.

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[New Latin Plumeria, genus name, from Plumerius, Latinized form of the surname of Charles Plumier (1646-1704), French botanist.]

plumeria

(pluːˈmɪərɪə) n (Plants) a tropical tree with candelabra-like branches

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Plumeria - deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowersgenus Plumeria, Plumieradicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationApocynaceae, dogbane family, family Apocynaceae - chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugsfrangipani, frangipanni - any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers