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Syringa

Syringa Meaning & Definition
Syringa Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Syringa?

[n] genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs
[n] large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Syringa: genus Syringa | mock orange | Philadelphus coronarius

Related Terms | Find terms related to Syringa:

See Also | dicot genus | family Oleaceae | genus Philadelphus | lilac | magnoliopsid genus | Oleaceae | olive family | philadelphus

Syringa In Webster's Dictionary

\Sy*rin"ga\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a shepherd's pipe, tube. Cf. {Syringe}.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants; the lilac. (b) The mock orange; -- popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipestems.

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