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Definition of Plumeria alba
1. Noun. Tall sparingly branched conical tree having large fragrant yellow flowers with white centers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumeria Alba
Literary usage of Plumeria alba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art of Perfumery and the Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants: With by George William Septimus Piesse (1867)
"This is said of plumeria alba; but all the species, and there are several, have
the same agreeable odor when living. Our Floras of the West Indies do not ..."
2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1846)
"... plumeria alba, Plumeria rubra, and innumerable other flowers of the most
exquisite fragrance, which abound within the tropics, blooming unregarded, ..."
3. Timber: A Comprehensive Study of Wood in All Its Aspects, Commercial and by Paul Charpentier, Joseph Kennell, tr (1902)
"... plumeria alba.— White plumeria. The timber of this tree is well adapted to
marquetry-work. Nerium oleander. —Hose-laurel—common. ..."
4. Timber: A Comprehensive Study of Wood in All Its Aspects, Commercial and by Paul Charpentier (1902)
"plumeria alba. — White plumeria. The timber of this tree is well adapted to
marquetry-work. Nerium oleander. — Rose-laurel — common. ..."
5. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"The ultimate leaves are oblong-cordate and finely acuminate. The fourth type to
be noted is represented by plumeria alba (fig. 514) which has oblong-cordate ..."
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