Syringa Definition & Meaning

syringa
noun
  1. large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy- white flowers in short terminal racemes
  2. genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs

"Syringa" in song lyrics

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  • "general sheridan syringa"
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