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单词 syringa
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syringan.

/sɪˈrɪŋɡə/
Etymology: < modern Latin syringa, < Greek συριγγ- , σῦριγξ pipe, syrinx n. 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. Compare seringa n.1
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 n. 1a, 1b.
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pipe1597
pipe tree1629
syringa1664
mock orange1731
seringa1740
Philadelphus1754
Scotch lilac1759
orange-flower tree1877
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 67 in Sylva May..Flowers in Prime... Syringa's, Sedum's, Tulips.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 389 Plant Roses, Lilac, Syringas.
1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Syringa flore albo simplici, the single white Pipe-Tree, commonly call'd Syringa by the Gardeners.
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 150 Laburnum, rich In streaming gold; Syringa, iv'ry pure.
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles III. xx. 263 Don't cut too much of that syringa; its sweetness is overpowering in a room.
1904 A. C. Benson House of Quiet xxix A big syringa which stands above the bowling-green.
1946 T. C. Mansfield Shrubs 244 Syringa is the botanical name for Lilac.
1974 R. 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.
attributive.1783 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 14 The trifurcated branch of a Syringa bush, or Philadelphus.1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §865 Philadelphaceæ, the Syringa Family.
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