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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
lilac adj 1: of a pale purple color [syn: lavender, lilac, lilac- colored] n 1: any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Lilac \Li"lac\ (l[imac]"lak), n. [Also lilach.] [Sp. lilac, lila, Ar. l[imac]lak, fr. Per. l[imac]laj, l[imac]lanj, l[imac]lang, n[imac]laj, n[imac]l, the indigo plant, or from the kindred l[imac]lak bluish, the flowers being named from the color. Cf. Anil.] 1. (Bot.) A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris, the common lilac, and Syringa 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac. [1913 Webster] California lilac (Bot.), a low shrub with dense clusters of purplish flowers (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus). [1913 Webster] | ||
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