syringa – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
syringa
n.
mock orange, any of a number of shrubs bearing fragrant white flowers; flowering shrub of the genus Syringa
Syringa
Syringa
Noun
1. genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs
(synonym) genus Syringa
(hypernym) dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
(member-holonym) Oleaceae, family Oleaceae, olive family
(member-meronym) lilac
syringa
Noun
1. large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
(synonym) mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius
(hypernym) philadelphus
(member-holonym) genus Philadelphus
Syringa
(n.)
The mock orange; -- popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipestems.
(n.)
A genus of plants; the lilac.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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