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PAGODA TREE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Frangipani of India having an erect habit and conical form; grown in temple gardens

Synonyms:

pagoda tree; Plumeria acutifolia; temple tree

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pagoda tree" is a kind of...):

frangipani; frangipanni (any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tall sparingly branched conical tree having large fragrant yellow flowers with white centers

Synonyms:

pagoda tree; Plumeria alba; West Indian jasmine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pagoda tree" is a kind of...):

frangipani; frangipanni (any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers)

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