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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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