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CANANGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cananga mean?
• CANANGA (noun)
The noun CANANGA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Malayan tree
Familiarity information: CANANGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Malayan tree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cananga; Canangium; genus Cananga; genus Canangium
Hypernyms ("Cananga" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Cananga"):
Cananga odorata; ilang-ilang; ylang-ylang (evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental)
Holonyms ("Cananga" is a member of...):
Annonaceae; custard-apple family; family Annonaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs)
Context examples
Cananga oil is used primarily in aromatherapy preparations.
(Canaga Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
The essential oil of Cananga odorata.
(Canaga Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
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