Syringa

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

syringa
    n 1: large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-
         white flowers in short terminal racemes [syn: {mock
         orange}, {syringa}, {Philadelphus coronarius}]
    2: genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant
       flowers in showy panicles: lilacs [syn: {Syringa}, {genus
       Syringa}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Syringa \Sy*rin"ga\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a shepherd's pipe,
   tube. Cf. {Syringe}.] (Bot.)
   (a) A genus of plants; the lilac.
   (b) The mock orange; -- popularly so called because its stems
       were formerly used as pipestems.
       [1913 Webster]

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Syringa, VA
  Zip code(s): 23169

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