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syringa


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Syringin  \Sy*rin"gin\,  n.  (Chem.) 
  A  glucoside  found  in  the  bark  of  the  lilac  ({Syringa})  and 
  extracted  as  a  white  crystalline  substance;  --  formerly 
  called  also  {lilacin}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  syringa 
  n  1:  large  hardy  shrub  with  showy  and  strongly  fragrant 
  creamy-white  flowers  in  short  terminal  racemes  [syn:  {mock 
  orange},  {Philadelphus  coronarius}] 
  2:  genus  of  Old  World  shrubs  or  low  trees  having  fragrant 
  flowers  in  showy  panicles:  lilacs  [syn:  {Syringa},  {genus 
  Syringa}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Syringa,  VA 
  Zip  code(s):  23169 




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