syringa

Noun
  1. Large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes (synset 112812089)
    is a type of: philadelphus - any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions
    belongs to: genus philadelphus - mock orange: type and sole genus of the subfamily Philadelphaceae; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae
    same as: mock orange, philadelphus coronarius
  2. Genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs (synset 112330670)
    is a type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
    member holonym: lilac - any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
    belongs to: 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
    same as: genus syringa

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