Syringa
- noun
- /sɪˈrɪŋɡə/
- Specialized
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siringa
- A well-tended lawn, weed-free gravel, and syringa bushes in bloom under the library window suggested peace and order.
Examples
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The scent of sweet syringa drifted from the backyard.
Fiction book (1991) -
She admired the beautiful clusters of syringa flowers blooming along the path.
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Already the syringa was in bloom.
Academic text (2015) -
I see you got two of the Syringa Vulgaris variety.
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The fragrance of syringa flowers filled the air during the spring festival.
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In our garden, the syringa blooms attract many butterflies and bees.
Synonyms
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A bush with small fragrant purple, pink, or white flowers in large groups
Compounds
- Specialized
A small tree from Japan with narrow pointed leaves and pale white flowers
- Specialized
A hardy mountain shrub with narrow leaves and pale lilac or white flowers that smell unpleasant
- Specialized
A shrub that loses its leaves in winter with upright groups of fragrant purple flowers
- Specialized
A small bush with upright clusters of lilac or violet flowers and oval leaves
- Specialized
A small branching shrub from Asia with narrow leaves and fragrant lilac flowers
- Specialized
A small Japanese tree with narrow leaves and clusters of creamy white flowers
- Specialized
A shrub from northern China with oval leaves and many pink-lilac fragrant flowers in early summer
- Specialized
A shrub with heart-shaped leaves and clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Syringa comes from the Greek word syrinx, which means 'pipe' or 'tube' because people once used the plant's hollow stems to make pipes and flutes. So Syringa is the name for the lilac shrubs you know, famous for their fragrant, showy spring flowers.