TEMPLE TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does temple tree mean? 

• TEMPLE TREE (noun)
  The noun TEMPLE TREE has 1 sense:

1. frangipani of India having an erect habit and conical form; grown in temple gardens

  Familiarity information: TEMPLE TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEMPLE TREE (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

pagoda tree; Plumeria acutifolia; temple tree

Hypernyms ("temple 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)