cananga odorata

2 definitions found

cananga odorata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  ilang-ilang \ilang-ilang\ n.
     1. An oil distilled from flowers of the ilang-ilang tree,
        used in perfumery.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     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.
          [WordNet 1.5]

cananga odorata - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Cananga odorata
      n 1: evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers
           yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an
           ornamental [syn: ilang-ilang, ylang-ylang, Cananga odorata
           ]