sə̇ˈriŋgə noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek syring-, syrinx
1. capitalized : a genus of Old World shrubs or low trees (family Oleaceae) having purple, white, or sometimes pink flowers with a cylindrical tube and four spreading lobes that are borne in terminal usually thyrsoid panicles and are followed by winged seeds and comprising the widely cultivated lilacs
2. -s : mock orange 1