champac

champac
(entrée créée par le supplément)
(chan-pak) s. m.
Arbre des Indes orientales, cultivé dans les jardins pour ses fleurs odoriférantes (michelia champaca, L.).
   On dit aussi sampac.
   Malais, tchampaka ( 2nd a long).

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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