plumeria

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noun

frangipani

Origintranslingual Plumeria →
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Meanings

nounplumeria (plural plumerias)

plural plumerias

  1. frangipani

    Mrs Horrox told me departees were once presented with a garland of plumeria, but the Mission elders deemed garlands immoral.

    2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
frangipani

Origin

  1. translingualPlumeria
  2. Englishplumeria

From translingual Plumeria (genus name), from the name of French botanist Charles Plumier. The genus name is a proper noun and accordingly must be capitalised; the lower case "plumeria" is informal notation, not botanical.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with plumeria

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

plumeria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plumeria

MLA

“plumeria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plumeria. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plumeria,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plumeria.

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