About The Word Syringa
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Syringa
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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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