Definition of lilac Lilac
/lajˈlæˌk/ - [laylak] - Li•lac
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What does lilac mean?
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NounPlural: lilacs |
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| lilac - any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
| genus syringa, syringa genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs | ||
| himalayan lilac, syringa emodi robust upright shrub of mountains of northern India having oblong-elliptic leaves and pale lilac or white malodorous flowers | ||
| hungarian lilac, syringa josikaea, syringa josikea central European upright shrub having elliptic leaves and upright clusters of lilac or deep violet flowers | ||
| syringa persica, persian lilac small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers | ||
| japanese tree lilac, syringa amurensis japonica, syringa reticulata small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers | ||
| japanese lilac, syringa villosa lilac of northern China having ovate leaves and profuse early summer rose-lilac flowers | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lilac (n.)
A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris, the common lilac, and S. Persica, the Persian lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British colonies various other shrubs have this name. - lilac (n.)
A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac.
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lilac
A large shrub of the genus Syringa bearing white, pale pink or purple flowers. -
lilac
A pale purple colour, the colour of some lilac flowers. -
lilac
Having a pale purple colour.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lilac
lī′lak, n. a pretty flowering shrub, with a flower of a light-purple colour.—adj. having the colour of the lilac flower. [Sp.,—the Pers. lilaj.]
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colour
Lilac is a purple colour. It is named after the lilac plant. The actual colour of the flowers of the plant is much deeper. This colour can be called "deep lilac".
Part of speech
🔤- lilac, noun, singular of lilacs.
- lilac, adjective.
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