Definition of Cananga

1. Noun. A genus of Malayan tree.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cananga

Canadian red pines
Canadiana
Canadianise
Canadianism
Canadianisms
Canadianize
Canadianized
Canadianizes
Canadianizing
Canadians
Canadien
Canadienne
Canadiennes
Canadiens
Canal Zone
Cananga
Cananga odorata
Canangium
Canara
Canarese
Canarian
Canarians
Canaries
Canarsie
Canary
Canary Island hare's foot fern
Canary Islander
Canary Islanders
Canary Islands
Canary wine

Literary usage of Cananga

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1917)
"The tree whose flowers yield this much valued oil is cananga odorata, which grows to perfection in the Philippine Islands, more especially in Manila. ..."

2. The Soap Maker's Handbook of Materials, Processes and Receipts for Every by Carl Deite, Alwin Engelhardt, F. Wiltner (1912)
"An inferior quality of ylang-ylang oil is known as cananga oil. It is derived from the same plant, the difference in quality being due to less care in the ..."

3. Odorographia: A Natural History of Raw Materials and Drugs Used in the by John Charles Sawer (1892)
"According to Hooker and Thomson and to Bentham and Hooker* cananga ... The cananga differs from the Uvaria by the valvate sepals and from Unona by the ..."

4. The Volatile Oils by Eduard Gildemeister, Friedrich Hoffmann (1900)
"The odor of cananga oil is similar to that of ylang-ylang oil, but not as fine. ... In 90 pc alcohol cananga oil is not completely soluble. ..."

5. The Chemistry of Essential Oils and Artificial Perfumes by Ernest John Parry (1908)
"Œ. Oil of cananga.—Oil of cananga or Ylang-Ylang oil (" flower of flowers ") is the product of distillation of the flowers of cananga odorata, ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1905)
"cananga Oil, Java—Adulterants. ... have observed adulterations of cananga oils with cocoa butter and with resin. The first- named adulteration was so coarse ..."

7. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Francis Mills Turner, Daniel Deronda Berolzheimer, William Parker Cutter, John Helfrich, Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"Derivation: Distilled in Manila from the flowers of cananga odorata. ... An inferior grade is distilled in Java from some species of cananga, ..."

8. American Druggist (1887)
"Sch. & Co. have introduced the East Indian oil of cananga. cananga odorata is the same plant which yields the oil of ylang in the Philippine islands. ..."

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