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philadelphus [ˌfɪləˈdɛlfəs]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any shrub of the N temperate genus Philadelphus, cultivated for their strongly scented showy flowers: family Hydrangeaceae See also mock orange [1]

[New Latin, from Greek philadelphon mock orange, literally: loving one's brother]

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philadelphus - any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions genus Philadelphus - mock orange: type and sole genus of the subfamily Philadelphaceae; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius, syringa - large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems