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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ilang-ilang, ylang-ylang, Cananga odoratanoun

    evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental

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  1. Cananga odorata

    Cananga odorata, known as ylang-ylang ( EE-lang-EE-lang) or cananga tree, is a tropical tree that is native to the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Queensland, Australia. It is also native to parts of Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. It is valued for the essential oils extracted from its flowers (also called "ylang-ylang"), which has a strong floral fragrance. Ylang-ylang is one of the most extensively used natural materials in the perfume industry, earning it the name "Queen of Perfumes".The ylang-ylang vine (Artabotrys odoratissimus) and climbing ylang-ylang (Artabotrys hexapetalus) are woody, evergreen climbing plants in the same family. Artabotrys odoratissimus is also a source of perfume.

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  1. cananga odorata

    Cananga Odorata, commonly known as ylang-ylang, is a fast-growing tropical tree originating from the Philippines and Indonesia. It produces large, tender, aromatic flowers that are greenish yellow. Ylang-ylang flowers are best known in the perfume industry for their fine fragrance, and for producing ylang-ylang oil which is used in aromatherapy. The tree is known to grow up to 20 meters tall, with long, drooping branches bearing shiny, smooth elliptical leaves.

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  1. Cananga odorata

    Cananga odorata, commonly called ylang-ylang, cananga tree, ilang-ilang, kenanga, fragrant cananga, Macassar-oil plant or perfume tree, is a tree valued for its perfume. The essential oil derived from the flowers is used in aromatherapy. Artabotrys odoratissimus, ylang-ylang vine, and Artabotrys hexapetalus, climbing ylang-ylang, are woody, evergreen climbing plants in the same family; A. odoratissimus is also a source of perfume.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cananga odorata in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cananga odorata in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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