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Definition of "syringa" []

  • The mock orange. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "syringa" in a sentence
  • "_ (DD) (The name syringa is commonly misapplied to the species of _Philadelphus."
  • "A syringa was planted in front, and a broom-tree on the right united it with the willow; in the middle there was a deal table."
  • "My favorite thing was all of the syringa flowers, like etched on the carpet how do they even do that? and in the glass windows...very pretty."