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Noun: ilang-ilang  'ee-laang'ee-laang
  1. Oil distilled from flowers of the ilang-ilang tree; used in perfumery
     
  2. Evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental
    - ylang-ylang, Cananga odorata

Derived forms: ilang-ilangs

Type of: angiospermous tree, essential oil, flowering tree, volatile oil

Part of: Cananga, Canangium, genus Cananga, genus Canangium