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Any of the shrubs or small trees that make up the genus , 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, . The white-edged, yellow flowers of the Mexican frangipani () are a popular component of the Hawaiian lei.
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