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countable and uncountable, plural frangipanis or frangipani
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. quotations examples
I casually let this information drop as our concierge drives us through the resort in a buggy, a frangipani flower tucked behind his ear. He promises to fix the bug problem and drops us off at the lobby.
2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times
A perfume obtained from this plant or imitating the odour of its flowers. examples
Alternative form of frangipane (“cream made from ground almonds; pastry filled with this cream”). quotations examples
Lahlou baked a cardamom frangipani and cut it into pieces as a base for roasted chicken. (Well, I used chicken; he used squab. Use whatever bird you fancy.) Then he topped the frangipani and poultry with kale and leaf-thin sugar-and-cardamom-sprinkled phyllo rectangles — made by baking them between baking sheets — like a savory mille-feuille.
2010 November 24, Amanda Hesser, “Recipe Redux: Fyrstekake (Royal Cake), 1963”, in The New York Times Magazine