SYRINGA

Syringa, genus Syringa

(noun) genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

syringa (plural syringas)

(archaic) sweet mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius.

Hence any of several flowering plants of the genus Philadelphus, such as now in the Western United States Philadelphus lewisii.

Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Syringa, such as the lilacs.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Sy*rin"ga, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Syringe.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants; the lilac. (b) The mock orange; -- popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipestems.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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