Definitions for syringa

syringa sy·rin·ga

Spelling: [suh-ring-guh]
IPA: /səˈrɪŋ gə/

Syringa is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 197 anagrams from letters in syringa (aginrsy).

Definitions for syringa

noun

  1. mock orange (def 1).
  2. any shrub or tree of the genus Syringa, including the lilacs.

Origin of syringa

1655-65; New Latin Greek sȳring- (stem of sŷrinx syrinx) + New Latin -a -a2; name first given to mock orange, the stems of which w

Examples for syringa

From the Gray Man's misty robes came the fragrance of syringa.

William decided to bring her syringa, handfuls of syringa, armfuls of syringa.

I could not do without a syringa, for the sake of Cowper's line.

They removed to syringa Villas after that, and did the washing at home.

I only want to pick some of that syringa behind you, it is so sweet.

The rose-bushes dropped their petals, and the syringa moved in the breeze.

You could not see a leaf on the syringa bushes for the white clusters.

The warm air was heavy with the scents of lilac, honeysuckle, and syringa.

On a table in the window of a small house at the bottom of the road was a vase of syringa.

There, under a syringa tree in the garden, stood the wheelbarrow.

Word Value for syringa
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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