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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
Wikipedia
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 look somewhat similar to those of oranges and lemons ( Citrus) at first glance, and smell of orange flowers and jasmine (Jasminum). But Philadelphus is a basal asterid, not closely related to Jasminum (advanced asterids), and among the eudicots quite distant from Citrus (advanced rosids). An entirely misleading name for Philadelphus that is sometimes encountered is syringa; this properly refers to the lilacs, which are fairly close relatives of jasmine. The connection of the two shrubs lies in their introduction from Ottoman gardens to European ones, effected at the same time by the Holy Roman Emperor's ambassador to the Sublime Porte, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, who returned to Vienna in 1562. The two shrubs appear together in John Gerard's Herball, as "Blew Pipe" (the lilac) and "White Pipe Tree", for the wood of both are pithy and easily hollowed out.
Philadelphus is named after an ancient Greek king of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphus.
Philadelphus is the scientific name of mock-oranges, a genus of shrubs.
Philadelphus is the Latinized form of the ancient Greek Philadelphos meaning "brother-loving", it may also refer to:
People:
- Antiochus XI Ephiphanes Philadelphus (d. 92 BC), king of the Seleucid Empire 95-92 BC
- Attalus II Philadelphus (220–138 BC), king of Pergamon 160- 138 BC
- Iotape Philadelphus (before 17- c. 52 AD), princess and later queen of Commagene
- Laodice VII Thea Philadelphus (after 122- after 86 BC), princess of the Seleucid Empire and later queen of Commagene
- Mithridates IV Philopator Philadelphus (before 179- c.150 BC), king of Pontus c.155 –c.150 BC
- Philip I Philadelphus, king of the Seleucid Empire 95 BC-84/83 BC
- Ptolemy Philadelphus (Cleopatra) (36-29 BC), prince of Ptolemaic Egypt 36 BC-30 BC, son of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus (309–246 BC), king of Ptolemaic Egypt 283 BC-246 BC
- Arsinoe II, given the epithet "Philadelphoi" (plural form) after marrying her brother Ptolemy II Philadelphus
- Philadelphus of Byzantium, Bishop of Byzantium, 211-217 AD
- Deiotarus Philadelphus (died c.6 AD), last king of Paphlagonia before 31 BC-c.6AD
- Philadelphos/Philadelphus, Christian martyrs commemorated in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar on February 8, May 10 and September 2
- Philadelphus Philadelphia, stage name of Jacob Philadelphia
Other uses:
- Philadelphus Jeyes, the chain of pharmacies operated by the inventors of Jeyes Fluid
- Philadelphus, North Carolina, a Registered Historic Place in Robeson County, North Carolina
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.