Syringa, genus Syringa
(noun) genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
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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
15 May 2024
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
