| NOUN | plant | philadelphus | any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters |
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| Meaning | 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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| Member of | genus Philadelphus | mock orange |
| Narrower | mock orange, syringa, Philadelphus coronarius | large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
| Catalan | philadelphus | |
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