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syringa

sy·ringa

UK/sɪˈɹɪŋ.ɡə/ uncommon archaic

noun

1.

large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes

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genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs

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From Dutch or Middle Low German from Latin sȳrinx from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pan pipes”).

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