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单词 frangipani
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frangipani

/ˌfran(d)ʒɪˈpɑːni /
noun (plural frangipanis)
1A tropical American tree or shrub with clusters of fragrant white, pink, or yellow flowers.
  • Genus Plumeria, family Apocynaceae: several species, in particular P. rubra.
Although they look somewhat drab in the winter, frangipanis are wonderfully easy to grow and flower beautifully for many months over summer....
  • There were red and purple bougainvillea flowers, scarlet and apricot hibiscus hedges, flame-of-the-forest trees and the sweetly scented waxy-white flowers of the frangipani trees.
  • But sometimes, after too many summer days, purple clouds pile up in the sky and a cool wind brings in the sweet-smelling scent of the frangipani flowers outside the window.
1.1 [mass noun] Perfume obtained from the frangipani plant.I close my eyes and smell frangipani on the evening air....
  • You know the drill - ‘this oil contains notes of fresh frangipani with citrus undertones to awaken your senses’ spoken in the sort of hushed tones reserved for sanctified grounds.

Origin

Mid 19th century: named after the Marquis Muzio Frangipani, a 16th-century Italian nobleman who invented a perfume for scenting gloves.

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