frangipani

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fran=gi=pan=i

CIDE DICTIONARY

frangipani, n. [Another spelling of frangipane.].

 A perfume derived from, or imitating the odor of, the flower of the red jasmine, a West Indian tree of the genus Plumeria.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

frangipani, n. (pl. frangipanis)
1 any tree or shrub of the genus Plumeria, native to tropical America, esp. P. rubra with clusters of fragrant white, pink, or yellow flowers.
2 the perfume from this plant.

Etymology

var. of FRANGIPANE