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UK
/fɹˌæŋɡɪpˈɑːni/
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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
How To Use frangipani In A Sentence
- Use: Related to the frangipani but more drought tolerant, this small shrub is evergreen. Desert rose, dracaena and pothos: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
- In the Crawford Market I had watched the florists at work tearing the blossoms from a kind of frangipani known as the Temple Roving East and Roving West
- While I am pretty sure nobody would want to read a blog made up of my observations about the challenges of living with an epileptic dog, favorite recipes for Winter Solstice, instructions for striking cuttings from a frangipani, or best ways to play ‘teddy bears go to the doctor’ with a three year old, I expect some of you do quite enjoy my writerly posts on this site. Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Keeping Track
- But sometimes, after too many summer days, purple clouds pile up in the sky and a cool wind brings in the sweet-smelling scent of the frangipani flowers outside the window.
- Ounce, Dice, Trice" is a book for children that's full of words: magnificent, wonderful, strange, fabulous words like frangipani, dimity, gloaming and nunnery, and murdo, drumjargon and chumly. Kids' Book Boasts The Best Words, Real Or Not
- The tropical scent of frangipani and incense wafts throughout the indoor/outdoor living room surrounded by verdant rice paddy fields. Chip Conley: What's Your Daily Offering?
- Apart from that, frangipanis are pretty hardy, and a bit of root pruning on one side will probably have little effect on your magnificent sounding tree.
- A frangipani spread itself in one corner like a curtsying ballerina. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
- The temple complex, earlier than Angkor, is a steep climb up through frangipani trees - but the view from the top and the early carvings, some almost hidden by the jungle, make the effort worth-while.
- Immaculate lawns are punctuated with palms and other carefully selected native plants and trees, such as bougainvillea, frangipanis and climbers, to provide a balance of fragrance, colour and shade. Saylow's Blog