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Definition of Syringa
1. Noun. Large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes.
Group relationships: Genus Philadelphus
Generic synonyms: Philadelphus
2. Noun. Genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs.
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
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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