GENUS SYRINGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Syringa mean? 

• GENUS SYRINGA (noun)
  The noun GENUS SYRINGA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GENUS SYRINGA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SYRINGA (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Syringa; Syringa

Hypernyms ("genus Syringa" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Syringa"):

lilac (any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Syringa" is a member of...):

family Oleaceae; Oleaceae; olive family (trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac)