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GENUS SYRINGA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

genus Syringa; Syringa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Syringa" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Syringa"):

lilac (any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Syringa" is a member of...):

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)

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