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See also: Plumeria
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
Noun
[edit]plumeria (plural plumerias)
- frangipani
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
- Mrs Horrox told me departees were once presented with a garland of plumeria, but the Mission elders deemed garlands immoral.