Lilac

['laɪlək]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers.

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解釋/意思:

(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.

(n.) A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac.

校對:卢埃林

解釋/意思:

n. a pretty flowering shrub with a flower of a light-purple colour.—adj. having the colour of the lilac flower.

校對:谢尔曼