Meaning of SYRINGA
| Pronunciation: | | su'ringgu
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs
- [n] large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
|
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | genus Syringa, mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius |
| |
| | See Also: | | dicot genus, family Oleaceae, genus Philadelphus, lilac, magnoliopsid genus, Oleaceae, olive family, philadelphus | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Sy*rin"ga\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a shepherd's pipe,
tube. Cf. {Syringe}.] (Bot.)
(a) A genus of plants; the lilac.
(b) The mock orange; -- popularly so called because its stems
were formerly used as pipestems.
|
| |
|
|