Examples of plumeria in a Sentence
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Start watering plumeria when leaves appear towards the end of the month.
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Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
As the plumeria grew larger and taller, the rose tilted and then kept tilting in a valiant attempt to capture its fair share of sunlight.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
Atkinson is clear that root building is the most important element of successful plumeria cultivation.
—Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022
John Allen and his daughter surveyed an ash-gray landscape once festooned with colorful orchids and plumerias from a hill above the Lahaina fire zone.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2023
The plumeria shook in the trees, their yellow hearts playing peekaboo as the blossoms ducked and shuddered in the storm.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2023
Her home was in an old neighborhood filled with plumeria, fruit, and mango trees, surrounded by amazing neighbors.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
Instructor Diana Donnellan will explain how to correctly prune plumeria trees and then give participants a chance to learn by working on the Arboretum’s plumeria.
—Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2022
The bathtub rests in the back corner of the yard, near a palm tree, surrounded by a tropical garden planted with plumeria, passion flowers and desert roses, among other flora.
—Lia Picard, New York Times, 9 June 2023
Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
As the plumeria grew larger and taller, the rose tilted and then kept tilting in a valiant attempt to capture its fair share of sunlight.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
Atkinson is clear that root building is the most important element of successful plumeria cultivation.
—Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022
John Allen and his daughter surveyed an ash-gray landscape once festooned with colorful orchids and plumerias from a hill above the Lahaina fire zone.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2023
The plumeria shook in the trees, their yellow hearts playing peekaboo as the blossoms ducked and shuddered in the storm.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2023
Her home was in an old neighborhood filled with plumeria, fruit, and mango trees, surrounded by amazing neighbors.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
Instructor Diana Donnellan will explain how to correctly prune plumeria trees and then give participants a chance to learn by working on the Arboretum’s plumeria.
—Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2022
The bathtub rests in the back corner of the yard, near a palm tree, surrounded by a tropical garden planted with plumeria, passion flowers and desert roses, among other flora.
—Lia Picard, New York Times, 9 June 2023
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Word History
Etymology
New Latin, genus name, from Charles Plumier †1704 French botanist
First Known Use
1734, in the meaning defined above
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“Plumeria.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plumeria. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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