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What (who) is ylang-ylang - definition

SPECIES OF PLANT

Ylang ylang; Cananga Oil; Yilang yilang; Ylang-Ylang; Ylang Ylang; Ylang-ylang; Ilang-ilang; Cananga oil; Cananga tree

Ylang-ylang

·add. ·noun ·see Ihlang-ihlang.

ylang-ylang

[?i:la?'i:la?]

(also ilang-ilang)

¦ noun

1. a sweet-scented essential oil obtained from the flowers of a tropical tree, used in perfumery and aromatherapy.

2. the yellow-flowered tree, native to Malaya and the Philippines, from which ylang-ylang is obtained. [Cananga odorata.]

Origin

C19: from Tagalog ilang-ilang.

Cananga odorata

Cananga odorata, known as ylang-ylang ( ) or cananga tree, is a tropical tree that is native to the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Queensland, Australia. It is also native to parts of Thailand and Vietnam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cananga_odorata

Wikipedia

Cananga odorata

Cananga odorata, known as ylang-ylang ( EE-lang-EE-lang) or cananga tree, is a tropical tree that is native to and originated in the Philippines and spread to Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Queensland, Australia. It is also native to parts of Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. It is valued for the essential oils extracted from its flowers (also called "ylang-ylang"), which has a strong floral fragrance. Ylang-ylang is one of the most extensively used natural materials in the perfume industry, earning it the name "Queen of Perfumes".

The ylang-ylang vine (Artabotrys odoratissimus) and climbing ylang-ylang (Artabotrys hexapetalus) are woody, evergreen climbing plants in the same family. Artabotrys odoratissimus is also a source of perfume.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cananga odorata

Examples of use of ylang-ylang

1. The list of less expensive choices includes ylang–ylang oil and gunpowder green tea (135 rubles a pot), which were bland on a recent visit.

2. The Comoros export vanilla, cloves and ylang–ylang, an essential oil, but a price slump for all three has left it dependent on remittances from economic migrants to France and other countries, now the top foreign exchange earner.

3. The fruity, spicy and musky essence of Hadeer is a combination of bergamot and tangerine masterfully blended with cassis, cardamom and cinnamon, which add depth and lasting power without softening the thrillingly fresh edge of ylang ylang.

4. Lying off Africa‘s east coast, the Comoros islands –– which grow vanilla, cloves and ylang–ylang, a flower whose oils are used in aromatherapy – were first settled by Arab seafarers 1,000 years ago, then later became a pirate haven.

5. The Comoros export vanilla, cloves and ylang–ylang, an essential oil, but a price slump for all three has left it dependent on remittances from economic migrants, now the top foreign exchange earner.