frangipani
IPA: frˈændʒipˈɑni
noun
- Any of several tropical American shrubs and trees of the genus Plumeria, having fragrant, showy, funnel-shaped flowers of a wide range of colours from creamy to red.
- A perfume obtained from this plant or imitating the odour of its flowers.
- Alternative form of frangipane (“cream made from ground almonds; pastry filled with this cream”). [(uncountable) A cream made from ground almonds used in confectionery]
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Examples of "frangipani" in Sentences
- The Frangipani first appear in a document of 1014.
- The cake may be flavoured with frangipani, guava, or coconut.
- The official city flower is the leelowadee flower or frangipani.
- Despite its common name, it is not closely related to the frangipani.
- Actually the correct name of the family isn't Frangipani but Frangipane.
- Champaka, also known as Frangipani is a tropical flower of the genus Plumeria.
- Many fell to the Frangipani family and the old fortress even fell to Eugene III.
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