syringa
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of syringa
1655–65; < New Latin < Greek sȳring- (stem of sŷrinx syrinx ) + New Latin -a -a 2; name first given to mock orange, the stems of which were used in pipe-making
Example Sentences
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There’s a California lilac — not the true syringa lilac of rhapsodic song and poetry but a ceanothus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
The poem recalled Dr. Crozier as a bald, bigheaded boy who waged war with syringa berries, “the stick-breaker, the toddler I carried on my shoulders up and down the dirt tracks.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2014
It was called "Heaven Trees," a place of calm walks and lawns, fragrant with myrtle and syringa.
From Time Magazine Archive
The air was sweet with the fragrance of syringa and honeysuckle and of the fresh, warm earth.
From The Shadow by Ovington, Mary White
In spring-time those sweet syringa blossoms would surround us; she loved their scent better than any other.
From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry
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