CANANGA ODORATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cananga odorata mean? 

• CANANGA ODORATA (noun)
  The noun CANANGA ODORATA has 1 sense:

1. evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental

  Familiarity information: CANANGA ODORATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANANGA ODORATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cananga odorata; ilang-ilang; ylang-ylang

Hypernyms ("Cananga odorata" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("Cananga odorata" is a member of...):

Cananga; Canangium; genus Cananga; genus Canangium (a genus of Malayan tree)

 Context examples 

The essential oil of Cananga odorata.

(Canaga Oil, NCI Thesaurus)