What is "ilang-ilang"

ilang-ilang \ilang-ilang\ n.

1. An oil distilled from flowers of the ilang-ilang tree, used in perfumery.

2. An evergreen Asian tree ( Cananga odorata) with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental.

   Syn: ylang-ylang, Cananga odorata.

n. (alternative form of ylang ylang English)

1. n. oil distilled from flowers of the ilang-ilang tree; used in perfumery

2. evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental [syn: ylang-ylang, Cananga odorata]