genus plumeria

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   deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers

   SynonymsPlumeriaPlumiera

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofApocynaceae

Questions about genus plumeria

What does genus plumeria mean?

genus plumeria means "deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers".

What is another word for genus plumeria?

Close synonyms include Plumeria, Plumiera. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus plumeria a common word?

genus plumeria is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.