syringa

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

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

There were syringas in bloom in the yard. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
149-50:-- 'Laburnum rich In streaming gold; syringa, ivory pure.' — Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters: A Family Record, William Austen-Leigh
That last week the syringa came out at San Salvatore, and all the acacias flowered. — The Enchanted April, Elizabeth Von Arnim

mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius

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