genus Plumeria

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genus Plumeria - deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowersPlumeria, 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