plumeriaEtymologyFrom translingual Plumeria (genus name), from the name of French botanist Charles Plumier. The genus name is a proper noun and accordingly must be capitalised; the lower case "plumeria" is informal notation, not botanical.plumeria means frangipani. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.nounfrangipani“Mrs Horrox told me departees were once presented with a garland of plumeria, but the Mission elders deemed garlands immoral.”