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plumeria

plumeria noun: frangipani.

Noun

plumeria (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

Forms of plumeria

pluralplumerias

Origin of plumeria

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.

Words that rhyme with plumeria

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Questions about plumeria

What does plumeria mean?
Plumeria means frangipani.
What part of speech is plumeria?
Plumeria is a noun.
What is the plural of plumeria?
The plural of plumeria is plumerias.

Words near plumeria in the dictionary

  1. plumelike
  2. plumemaker
  3. plumemakers
  4. plumeous
  5. plumer
  6. plumeria
  7. plumerias
  8. plumericin
  9. plumeries
  10. plumers
  11. plumery

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