n.
Any of the shrubs or small trees that make up the genus Plumeria , in the dogbane family , native to the New World tropics and widely cultivated as ornamentals; also, a perfume derived from or imitating the odour of the flower of one species, P. rubra .
The white-edged, yellow flowers of the Mexican frangipani ( P. rubra acutifolia ) are a popular component of the Hawaiian lei.