ilang-ilang

English Thesaurus

1. evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	angiospermous tree, flowering tree,
definition	:	any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	cananga, canangium, genus cananga, genus canangium,
definition	:	a genus of Malayan tree (noun.plant)

2. oil distilled from flowers of the ilang-ilang tree; used in perfumery (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	essential oil, volatile oil,
definition	:	an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings (noun.substance)