'Syringa' definitions:

Definition of 'syringa'

noun

Large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy- white flowers in short terminal racemes [syn: mock orange, syringa, Philadelphus coronarius]

noun

Genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs [syn: Syringa, genus Syringa]

Definition of 'Syringa'

From: GCIDE

Syringa \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. [1913 Webster]

Words containing 'Syringa'

Syringa Persica,
Syringa vulgaris,
genus syringa,
syringa emodi,
syringa josikaea,
syringa josikea,
syringa reticulata,
syringa villosa,
syringa amurensis japonica