syringa

sy·rin·ga  (s-rngg)

n.

The mock orange.

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[New Latin, from Greek surinx, suring-, shepherd's pipe (from the use of its hollow stems to make pipes).]

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syringa

Noun

same as mock orange or lilac [Greek surinx tube (its hollow stems were used for pipes)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	syringa - large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius genus Philadelphus - mock orange: type and sole genus of the subfamily Philadelphaceae; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae 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
	2.	Syringa - genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs genus Syringa dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination family Oleaceae, Oleaceae, olive family - trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac lilac - any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers