Frangipani

Quick meaning: Frangipani is a noun meaning A flower of these plants.

Meaning

A flower of these plants.

More Meanings

1. A perfume obtained from this plant or imitating the odour of its flowers.
2. Any of several tropical American shrubs and trees of the genus Plumeria, having fragrant, showy, funnel-shaped flowers of a wide range of colours from creamy to red.
3. Alternative form of frangipane (“cream made from ground almonds; pastry filled with this cream”).

Example Sentences

The aroma given off by flowers has an aphrodisiac effect, especially on women. This is so particularly in the case of lilies of the valley, gardenia, frangipani, and henna.

I casually let this information drop as our concierge drives us through the resort in a buggy, a frangipani flower tucked behind his ear. He promises to fix the bug problem and drops us off at the lobby.

Lahlou baked a cardamom frangipani and cut it into pieces as a base for roasted chicken. (Well, I used chicken; he used squab. Use whatever bird you fancy.) Then he topped the frangipani and poultry with kale and leaf-thin sugar-and-cardamom-sprinkled phyllo rectangles — made by baking them between baking sheets — like a savory mille-feuille.

Word Forms

• frangipanis
• frangipane

Synonyms for frangipani

Depending on context, synonyms include frangipanni.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include frangipane, calachuchi, flower-fence, platanthera, flamboyer, fringepod.

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