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    YLANG-YLANG

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamentalplay

    Synonyms:

    Cananga odorata; ilang-ilang; ylang-ylang

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("ylang-ylang" is a kind of...):

    angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

    Holonyms ("ylang-ylang" is a member of...):

    Cananga; Canangium; genus Cananga; genus Canangium (a genus of Malayan tree)

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