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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fran•gi•pan•i (fran′jə pan′ē, -pä′nē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -pan•is, -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.
- Plant Biologythe tree or shrub itself.
- French frangipane, after Marquis Muzio Frangipane or Frangipani a 16th-century Italian nobleman, the supposed inventor of the perfume
- 1860–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: frangipani /ˌfrændʒɪˈpɑːnɪ/ n ( pl -panis, -pani)- 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 frangipani ⇒ Austral an Australian evergreen tree, Hymenosporum flavum, with large fragrant yellow flowers: family Pittosporaceae
Etymology: 17th Century: via French from Italian: perfume for scenting gloves, named after the Marquis Muzio Frangipani, 16th-century Roman nobleman who invented it |