FRANGIPANI

also frangipanni noun (plural -pani; also -panni) Etymology: modification of Italian frangipane, from Muzio Frangipane, 16th century Italian nobleman Date: 1675 a perfume derived from or imitating the odor of the flower of a ~ ( Plumeria rubra ), any of a genus ( Plumeria ) of shrubs or small trees of the dogbane family that are native to the American tropics and widely cultivated as ornamentals