Lilac
['laɪlək]
Definition
(noun.) any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers.
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Definition
(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.
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Definition
n. a pretty flowering shrub with a flower of a light-purple colour.—adj. having the colour of the lilac flower.
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Examples
- I remember once going in a lilac silk to see candles made, and my gown was utterly ruined. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Is this something new, this pamphlet in lilac? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This combines sulphate of aniline and bichromate of potash to produce an exquisite lilac, or purple color. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Pairs and parties of ladies and gentlemen are seen walking amongst the waving lilacs and laburnums. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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