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Deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers
Answer for the clue "Deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers ", 8 letters:
plumeria
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n. frangipani
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Plumeria was a former royal residence of Princess Khampieng and Prince Khamtan , a grandson of the 19th-century King Zakarine , in the city of Luang Prabang , Laos . It was Khampieng’s mother, Princess Vanthatmaly who built the 33-room boutique property, ...
Usage examples of plumeria.
This time he recognized it as plumeria, not an uncommon scent in the Hawaiian Islands, but it was the first time Pitt had sensed its presence on a woman.
He felt a back and forth motion as the cord that bound his arms and wrists was cut The aroma of plumeria swept over him like a warm and releasing wave.
She relaxed into the sweet odors of plumeria and frangipani, both lush now in her garden.
While he waited she purchased three fragrant strands: plumeria, tuberose, and pikake.
Fragrant plumeria from lei stands wafted in his direction, riding the breeze.
Daisies and daffodils shared space on a shelf in the bay window between a live plumeria and a square side table with a Tiffany style lamp on it.
The fragrant plumeria with its petals of creamy white and pinkish red.
Some of them caught in low hanging branches of the plumeria tree that towered over their bed, to dangle there like strange ornaments perfectly placed upon some wildly exotic tropical Christmas tree.
The morning light poured through the conservatory windows, illuminating the spectacular spray of Plumeria rubra that Victoria was endeavoring to capture with her watercolors.
Separately, and then as one, he inhaled the perfumes of jasmine, plumeria, and rose.
It was in Hawaii in my front yard, surrounded by flowering plumeria trees.
The person was above me, sitting on a branch, surrounded by cream-white plumeria flowers.
The plumeria smelled like heaven, and a well-groomed queen palm shaded one side.
The plumeria tree was in full bloom and the sweet, heavy scent made Cen sleepy.
Now the wind blew through the empty space, bringing with it the scent of plumeria blossoms.