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Syringa

//sɪˈɹɪŋ.ɡə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Sweet mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius). archaic
  2. 2
    large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of the several flowering plants of the genus Philadelphus, such as now in the Western United States Philadelphus lewisii.
  4. 4
    Any of the several flowering plants, of the genus Syringa, such as the lilacs.

Etymology

From Dutch or Middle Low German from Latin sȳrinx from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pan pipes”).

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