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Where plumeria is concerned, one-gallon containers with equal parts cactus mix and perlite should encourage your cuttings to take root.—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025 Lewis’s were covered in pink and orange plumerias.—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 3 Sep. 2025 Unlike plumeria plants started from cuttings, plumeria seedlings won’t go dormant their first year.—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025 Besides their beauty, plumeria flowers boast a sweet, sometimes fruity scent.—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for plumeria
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Etymology
New Latin, genus name, from Charles Plumier †1704 French botanist
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