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Tiresias
syringa
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Definition:
a genus of fragrant flowering plants, more specifically the
lilac
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photo: By Marisa DeMeglio from NYC, USA (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (
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with the softness of the perfume of the
syringas
, and threw across their memories shadows more immense and more sombre than those of the still willows
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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