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    PLUMERIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Plumeria; Plumeria; Plumiera

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Plumeria" is a kind of...):

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "Plumeria"):

    frangipani; frangipanni (any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers)

    Holonyms ("Plumeria" is a member of...):

    Apocynaceae; dogbane family; family Apocynaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs)

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