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ylang-ylang
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ylang-ylang has 1 sense
- ylang-ylang(n = noun.plant) cananga odorata, ilang-ilang - evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental; Array is a member of cananga, canangium, genus cananga, genus canangium
is a kind of angiospermous tree, flowering tree
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ylang-ylang, n. (also ilang-ilang)
1 a Malayan tree, Cananga odorata, from the fragrant yellow flowers of which a perfume is distilled.
2 the perfume itself.
1 a Malayan tree, Cananga odorata, from the fragrant yellow flowers of which a perfume is distilled.
2 the perfume itself.
Etymology
Tagalog {aacute}lang-ilang
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