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GENUS SYRINGA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs
Synonyms:
genus Syringa; Syringa
Classified under:
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)