Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
Phil.
phil-
Phila.
Philadelphia
Philadelphia chromosome
Philadelphia lawyer
Philadelphia pepper pot
Philadelphia scrapple
philadelphus
Philae
philander
philanthropic
philanthropy
philately
-phile
Philemon
philharmonic
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

philadelphus
phil·a·del·phus [ fìllə délfəss ] (plural phil·a·del·phus·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
trees 
Same as  mock orange (sense 1)

[Late 18th century. Via modern Latin< Greek philadelphos "loving your brother" < philos "loving" + adelphos "brother"]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft