champak

champak
cham·pak also cham·pac (chămʹpăk, chŭmʹpŭk) or cham·pa·ca (chămʹpə-kə, chŭmʹ-) n.
An evergreen timber tree (Michelia champaca) native to India and having fragrant orange-yellow flowers that yield an oil used in perfumery.
  [Hindi campak, from Sanskrit campakaḥ, of Dravidian origin; akin to Tamil caṇpakam.]

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