syringa

3 definitions found

syringa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

syringa - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  syringa
      n 1: large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-
           white flowers in short terminal racemes [syn: mock orange
           , syringa, Philadelphus coronarius]
      2: genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant
         flowers in showy panicles: lilacs [syn: Syringa, genus   Syringa
         ]

syringa - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Syringa, VA
    Zip code(s): 23169