noun
Meaning 1
Sweet mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
syringa
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/sɪˈɹɪŋ.ɡə/
noun
Meaning 2
Any of the several flowering plants of the genus Philadelphus, such as now in the Western United States Philadelphus lewisii.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of the several flowering plants, of the genus Syringa, such as the lilacs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: genus Syringa
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
noun
Meaning 5
large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: philadelphus
History
Etymology
From Dutch or Middle Low German from Latin sȳrinx from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pan pipes”).