单词 | syringa |
释义 | syringan. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > lilac and allied trees > syringal mock orange 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1664 |
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