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Philadelphus

noun
1.
Any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions.



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"Philadelphus" Quotes from Famous Books



... Museum, where there assembled a society of learned men, devoted to the study of philosophy and the sciences, and for whose use he formed a collection of books, the number of which has been variously computed—by Epiphanius at 54,000, and by Josephus at 200,000. His son, Ptolemy Philadelphus, an equally liberal and enlightened prince, collected great numbers of books in the Temple of Serapis, in addition to those accumulated by his father, and at his death left in it upwards of 100,000 volumes. ...
— The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 • Various


Words linked to "Philadelphus" :   mock orange, shrub, syringa, bush


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