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syringa|sɪˈrɪŋgə|
[mod.L. syringa, f. Gr. συριγγ-, σῦριγξ pipe, syrinx. First applied (by Lobel, 1576) to the mock-orange, from its stems being used for pipe-stems, later (by Linnæus, 1735) to the lilac, formerly called also pipe-tree, of which it remains the botanical generic name. Cf. seringa.]
Any of the shrubs of the genus Philadelphus, esp. P. coronarius, the mock-orange, having creamy-white strongly sweet-scented flowers, cultivated as an ornamental shrub. Also = lilac 1 a, b.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. 67 May..Flowers in Prime, or yet lasting... Syringa's, Sedum's,..Valerian, Veronica [etc.]. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 389 Plant Roses, Lilac, Syringas. 1728Bradley Dict. Bot., Syringa flore albo simplici, the single white Pipe-Tree, commonly call'd Syringa by the Gardeners. 1784Cowper Task vi. 150 Laburnum, rich In streaming gold; Syringa, iv'ry pure. 1862Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Hallib. lxxiv, Don't cut too much of that syringa; its sweetness is overpowering in a room. 1904A. C. Benson House of Quiet xxix, A big syringa which stands above the bowling-green. 1946T. C. Mansfield Shrubs 244 Syringa is the botanical name for Lilac. 1974R. L. Fox Variations on Garden 75 The old still try and call it [sc. philadelphus] Syringa which, of course, is the proper name for lilac.
attrib.1783Phil. Trans. LXXV. 14 The trifurcated branch of a Syringa bush, or Philadelphus. 1849Balfour Man. Bot. §865 Philadelphaceæ, the Syringa Family. |