Definition of Frangipani

1. Noun. Any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers.

Exact synonyms: Frangipanni
Group relationships: Genus Plumeria, Plumeria, Plumiera
Specialized synonyms: Pagoda Tree, Plumeria Acutifolia, Temple Tree, Pagoda Tree, Plumeria Alba, West Indian Jasmine
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Definition of Frangipani

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

Definition of Frangipani

1. Noun. Any of several tropical American trees, of the genus ''Plumeria'', having showy, funnel-shaped flowers ¹

2. Noun. A perfume originally obtained from these flowers ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frangipani

1. [n FRANGIPANI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frangipani

francolite
francolites
franconite
francophone
francos
francs
frangent
franger
frangers
frangibilities
frangibility
frangible
frangibly
frangipane
frangipanes
frangipani (current term)
frangipanis
frangipanni
franglais
frangula
frangulic acid
frangulin
frangulinic
franion
franions
frank
frank-fee
frank-fees
frank-marriage
frank-marriages

Literary usage of Frangipani

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne, Andrew Alphonsus MacErlean (1913)
"To secure liberty of action, they removed the sick Pontiff from the Lateran to St. Gregory's, near the towers of the frangipani. Honorius dying on the night ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1859)
"The grandson of this nobleman was the Marquis frangipani, Maréchal des Armées of Louis XIII.; and he it was who invented a method of perfuming gloves, ..."

3. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages by Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton, Irving Stone (1896)
"The new election threatened for the moment to divide Rome; for the frangipani now sought to procure the elevation of a cardinal friendly to the Emperor; ..."

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