syringa
English Thesaurus
1. genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus, |
| definition | : | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | lilac, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | family oleaceae, oleaceae, olive family, |
| definition | : | trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac (noun.plant) |
2. large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | philadelphus, |
| definition | : | any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus philadelphus, |
| definition | : | mock orange: type and sole genus of the subfamily Philadelphaceae; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae (noun.plant) |
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