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fran⋅gi⋅pan⋅i

  [fran-juh-pan-ee, -pah-nee]
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–noun, plural -pan⋅is, -pan⋅i.
1. a perfume prepared from or imitating the odor of the flower of a tropical American tree or shrub, Plumeria rubra, of the dogbane family.
2. the tree or shrub itself.
Origin:
1860–65; < F frangipane, after Marquis Muzio Frangipane or Frangipani a 16th-century Italian nobleman, the supposed inventor of the perfume
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fran·gi·pan·i   (frān'jə-pān'ē, -pä'nē)   
n.   pl. fran·gi·pan·is

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

  2. A perfume derived from or similar in scent to the flowers of one of these shrubs or trees.

  3. also fran·gi·pane (frān'jə-pān') A creamy pastry filling flavored with almonds.


[French frangipane, after Muzio Frangipani, 16th-century Italian marquis.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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