Definition of Cananga odorata

1. Noun. Evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cananga Odorata

Canadiana
Canadianise
Canadianism
Canadianisms
Canadianize
Canadianized
Canadianizes
Canadianizing
Canadians
Canadien
Canadienne
Canadiennes
Canadiens
Canal Zone
Cananga
Cananga odorata (current term)
Canangium
Canara
Canarese
Canarian
Canarians
Canaries
Canarsie
Canary
Canary Island hare's foot fern
Canary Islander
Canary Islanders
Canary Islands
Canary wine
Canavalia

Literary usage of Cananga odorata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Odorographia: A Natural History of Raw Materials and Drugs Used in the by John Charles Sawer (1892)
"A very fine coloured illustration of the Cananga odorata is given in the ' Flora ... The Cananga odorata is a tree attaining a height of about GO feet, ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"It is obtained by distilling the flowers of Cananga odorata, Hooker, ... They smell like ylang-ylang flowers and are derived also from Cananga odorata. ..."

3. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1917)
"The tree whose flowers yield this much valued oil is Cananga odorata, which grows to perfection in the Philippine Islands, more especially in Manila. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1882)
"Cananga odorata is a tree growing to the height of about sixty feet, having few but profuse!}" ~ ramified branches. ..."

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