frangipani

n. 鸡蛋花

发音

/ˌfrændʒɪˈpɑːni/
/ˌfrændʒɪˈpæni/

词形变化

frangipanis 复数 frangipanis

别名

frangipanni frangipane

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    鸡蛋花

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  2. 2.

    A flower of these plants.

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  3. 3.

    A perfume obtained from this plant or imitating the odour of its flowers.

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  4. 4.

    Alternative form of frangipane (“cream made from ground almonds; pastry filled with this cream”).

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

frangipanni

上位词 2

bush shrub

下位词 1

pagoda tree

词源

From French frangipane, from Italian frangipane. Possibly named after Muzio Frangipane, a 16th-century marquess of the Italian noble Frangipani family, who invented a plumeria-scented perfume. The name Frangipane derives from frangere (“to break”) + pane (“bread”), a reference to the family's distribution of bread in time of famine.

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