syringa : Idioms & Phrases


genus syringa

  • noun genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs
    Syringa.
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syringa amurensis japonica

  • noun small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers
    Syringa amurensis japonica; Japanese tree lilac.
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syringa emodi

  • noun robust upright shrub of mountains of northern India having oblong-elliptic leaves and pale lilac or white malodorous flowers
    Himalayan lilac.
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syringa josikaea

  • noun central European upright shrub having elliptic leaves and upright clusters of lilac or deep violet flowers
    Syringa josikaea; Hungarian lilac.
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syringa josikea

  • noun central European upright shrub having elliptic leaves and upright clusters of lilac or deep violet flowers
    Syringa josikaea; Hungarian lilac.
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syringa persica

  • noun small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers
    Persian lilac.
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syringa reticulata

  • noun small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers
    Syringa amurensis japonica; Japanese tree lilac.
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syringa villosa

  • noun lilac of northern China having ovate leaves and profuse early summer rose-lilac flowers
    Japanese lilac.
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syringa vulgaris

  • noun large European lilac naturalized in North America having heart-shaped ovate leaves and large panicles of highly fragrant lilac or white flowers
    common lilac.
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