Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of shrubs of the order Saxifrageæ and the tribe Hydrangeæ, characterized by the inferior ovary, numerous stamens, and four or five imbricate petals.
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- 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
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Examples
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The dark-leaved "Ravenswing" is a wonderful selection that you can invite into more intimate places, and I grow it with some success under early-flowering philadelphus and lilac.
Jolly brollies 2010
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Philadelphus coronarius and grandiflorus. philadelphus species.phillyreas. phlox, culture of. phlox, perennial.
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Launay was pacing to and fro with a swinging step which, notwithstanding its ease and soldierly regularity, suggested something of impatience, and on a rustic seat, above which great clusters of the philadelphus-flowers hung like a canopy, sat Professor von Glauben, spectacles on nose, sorting a few letters which he had just taken from his pocket for the purpose of reading them over again carefully one by one.
Temporal Power Marie Corelli 1889
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Down one special alley, where the white philadelphus, or 'mock orange' grew in thick bushes on either side, intermingled with ferns and spruce firs, whose young green tips exhaled a pungent, healthy scent that entered into the blood like wine and invigorated it, Sir Roger de
Temporal Power Marie Corelli 1889
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And Von Glauben drew a cluster of the overhanging philadelphus flowers down to his nose and smelt them approvingly.
Temporal Power Marie Corelli 1889
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Also flowering shrubs such as weingela, philadelphus and deutzia can be cut back after they have flowered towards the end of the month.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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A member of the mock orange family, which includes philadelphus species, it would be worth growing for its handsome foliage alone.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2011
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Also flowering shrubs such as weingela, philadelphus and deutzia can be cut back after they have flowered towards the end of the month.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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A species of _philadelphus_ grows on the eminences which jut out into the sea; and also a tree bearing flowers almost like myrtle, with roundish spotted leaves of a disagreeable smell.
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We drank the leaves of the _philadelphus_ as tea, and found that they had a pleasant taste and smell, and might make an excellent substitute for the oriental sort.
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