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Any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters
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n. 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 ( mock-orange ) is a genus of about 60 species of shrubs from 1 to 6 m tall, native to North America , Central America , Asia and (locally) in southeast Europe . They are named "mock-orange" in reference to their flowers, which in wild species ...
Usage examples of philadelphus.
Ganymedes took her firmly by the shoulder and led her out, the boy Philadelphus and his tutor hurrying ahead.
Prince Ptolemy Philadelphus will be going to rule as satraps in Cyprus.
Theodotus had lessened, young Ptolemy had been thrown into the company of little brother Philadelphus, and had found outlets for his youthful energies which he had come to enjoy far more than the attentions of Theodotus.
So when Caesar had banished Theodotus, he turned to little Philadelphus as to a playmate in his war games, and had found a kind of life he was thoroughly enjoying.
My husband Philadelphus is growing more and more like our dead brother, whom I do not miss in the slightest.
As soon as Caesarion is old enough, I will dispense with Philadelphus and elevate our son to the throne.
Nita cut fresh branches of philadelphus and put them in jugs about the house.
Ptolemy Philadelphus is said to have given the Athenians fifteen talents, an exemption from tribute and a large supply of provisions for the MSS.
The reason or cause of such employment, of parchment in preference to papyrus is attributed to jealousies existing between Eumenes, King of Pergamus, and Ptolemy Philadelphus, the ruler of Egypt, contemporaries of each other.
The Jewish elders, by order of the high priest, carried a copy of the law to Ptolemy Philadelphus, written in letters of gold upon skins, the pieces of which were so artfully put together that the joinings did not appear.
It refers to a money transaction of the thirty-first year of Ptolemy Philadelphus, B.
If Ptolemy Alexander is not made King and Pharaoh, then we will have to send to Mithridates and Tigranes for the elder of the two bastards, Ptolemy Philadelphus who was called Auletes because of his piping voice.
Ptolemy Philadelphus, but we gave him the nickname Auletes because at the time he came to us he had a piping, flutelike voice.
Cleopatra Tryphaena will go to Ptolemy Philadelphus, Berenice Nyssa to Ptolemy No Other Name.
King Ptolemy Philopator Philadelphus made a Friend and Ally as well is beyond my wildest dreams.