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English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cananga:
NOUNplantgenus Cananga, Cananga, Canangium, genus Canangiuma genus of Malayan tree
English > genus Cananga: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA genus of Malayan tree.
SynonymsCananga, Canangium, genus Canangium
Member ofAnnonaceae, family Annonaceae, custard-apple familychiefly tropical trees or shrubs
Membersilang-ilang, ylang-ylang, Cananga odorataevergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil
Broadermagnoliid dicot genusgenus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms