syringa : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: syringa	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for syringa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
syringa n large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy- white flowers in short terminal racemes Synonym(s): mock orange, syringa, Philadelphus coronarius genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs Synonym(s): Syringa, genus Syringa
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 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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Syringa, VA Zip code(s): 23169