Definition of Genus Syringa

1. Noun. Genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs.

Exact synonyms: Syringa
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Oleaceae, Oleaceae, Olive Family
Member holonyms: Lilac

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Syringa

genus Swertia
genus Swietinia
genus Sylvilagus
genus Symphalangus
genus Symphoricarpos
genus Symphytum
genus Symplocarpus
genus Symplocus
genus Synagrops
genus Synanceja
genus Synaptomys
genus Synchytrium
genus Synercus
genus Syngnathus
genus Syngonium
genus Syringa (current term)
genus Syrrhaptes
genus Syzygium
genus Tabernaemontana
genus Tacca
genus Tachyglossus
genus Tachypleus
genus Tadarida
genus Tadorna
genus Taenia
genus Tagetes
genus Talinum
genus Tamandua
genus Tamarindus
genus Tamarix

Literary usage of Genus Syringa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"This confusion is a legacy from the old herbalists who united jasmine, mock orange and lilac under the one genus Syringa, a feat which also ..."

2. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1900)
"The genus Syringa contains but a small number of species, but two of these species (Syringa vulgaris and S. persica) are — the first especially — very rich ..."

3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"On the other hand, many species of the genus Syringa, eg Syringa Emodi, which grows on the Himalayas, have a scent which differs from that of Syringa ..."

4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"The familiar lilac belongs to the genus Syringa, which affords another example of faulty popular nomenclature. The plant to which the name syringa is ..."

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