Associations to the word «Philadelphus»

Wiktionary

PHILADELPHUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrangeaceae   — the mock oranges.
PHILADELPHUS, noun. (botany) Any of the genus Philadelphus of shrubs.

Dictionary definition

PHILADELPHUS, noun. 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.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope