Definition of Syringa

1. Noun. Large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes.

Exact synonyms: Mock Orange, Philadelphus Coronarius
Group relationships: Genus Philadelphus
Generic synonyms: Philadelphus

2. Noun. Genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs.
Exact synonyms: Genus Syringa
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Oleaceae, Oleaceae, Olive Family
Member holonyms: Lilac

Definition of Syringa

1. n. A genus of plants; the lilac.

Definition of Syringa

1. Noun. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus ''Syringa'', such as the lilacs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Syringa

1. an ornamental shrub [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syringa

syphilology
syphilophobia
syphon
syphon the python
syphoned
syphoning
syphons
syphs
syping
syrah
syrahs
syren
syrens
syrette
syrettes
syringa
syringas
syringe
syringeal
syringed
syringelike
syringes
syringic acid
syringin
syringing
syringocoele
syringocoeles
syringomyelia
syringomyelias
syringomyelic

Literary usage of Syringa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1900)
"The genus Syringa contains but a small number of species, but two of these species (Syringa vulgaris and S. persica) are — the first especially — very rich ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Syringa, any of several shrubs. Popularly this name has been applied to the mock orange (genus Philadelphia) which has long been cultivated in gardens for ..."

3. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1901)
"This is a very nice syringa from Oregon. The flowers are much larger than those of ... I think it the best syringa that we have ever grown on our grounds. ..."

4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"The oil is different from that which is obtained by distilling fermented squills with water. (Landerer, N. Br. Arch. 95, 260.) 88. Oil of Syringa ..."

5. Trees and Shrubs: An Abridgment of the Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum by John Claudius Loudon (1875)
"Syringa Tourn. Init. t 3S9., not of Lin.; ... Pipe Privet, Gerard , the Syringa of the gardens. Derivation. ... applied tu this Syringa being the ..."

6. Sylva Florifera: The Shrubbery Historically and Botanically Treated: with by Henry Phillips (1823)
"The sweet syringa yielding but in scent To the rich orange;" MASON. ... THE Syringa, which covers its branches so beautifully with ivory-coloured flowers, ..."

7. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1900)
"The genus Syringa contains but a small number of species, but two of these species (Syringa vulgaris and S. persica) are — the first especially — very rich ..."

8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Syringa, any of several shrubs. Popularly this name has been applied to the mock orange (genus Philadelphia) which has long been cultivated in gardens for ..."

9. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1901)
"This is a very nice syringa from Oregon. The flowers are much larger than those of ... I think it the best syringa that we have ever grown on our grounds. ..."

10. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"The oil is different from that which is obtained by distilling fermented squills with water. (Landerer, N. Br. Arch. 95, 260.) 88. Oil of Syringa ..."

11. Trees and Shrubs: An Abridgment of the Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum by John Claudius Loudon (1875)
"Syringa Tourn. Init. t 3S9., not of Lin.; ... Pipe Privet, Gerard , the Syringa of the gardens. Derivation. ... applied tu this Syringa being the ..."

12. Sylva Florifera: The Shrubbery Historically and Botanically Treated: with by Henry Phillips (1823)
"The sweet syringa yielding but in scent To the rich orange;" MASON. ... THE Syringa, which covers its branches so beautifully with ivory-coloured flowers, ..."

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