lilac
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Etymology
From obsolete French lilac (now lilas), from Arabic لِيلَك (līlak), from Persian نیلک (nilak), from نیل (nil, “dark blue”), ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark blue”)[1].
Noun
lilac (plural lilacs)
- A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
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- A flower of the lilac shrub.
- (color) A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.
- lilac colour:
Translations
shrub
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flower
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colour
Adjective
lilac (comparative more lilac, superlative most lilac)
- (colour) having a pale purple colour.
Translations
colour
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Derived terms
- Afghanistan lilac (Syringa afghanica)
- Australian lilac (Hardenbergia monophylla)
- California lilac (Ceanothus spp.)
- Cape lilac (Melia azedarach)
- common lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
- cutleaf lilac (Syringa laciniata)
- daphne lilac (Syringa microphylla)
- early lilac (Syringa oblata)
- French lilac (Syringa vulgaris, Galega officinalis)
- German lilac (Centranthus ruber)
- Himalayan lilac (Syringa emodi)
- Hungarian lilac (Syringa josikaea)
- hyacinth lilac (Syringa hyacinthiflora)
- Indian lilac Melia azedarach
- Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata)
- Korean lilac (Syringa patula)
- late lilac (Syringa villosa)
- lilac-crowned parrot (Amazona finschi)
- lilac kingfisher (Cittura cyanotis)
- lilac mildew (Microsphaera alni)
- lilac vine (Hardenbergia violacea)
- lilacky
- littleleaf lilac (Syringa microphylla)
- mountain lilac (Ceanothus spp.)
- native lilac (Hardenbergia violacea)
- New Zealand lilac (Hebe hulkeana)
- nodding lilac (Syringa reflexa)
- Peking lilac (Syringa pekinensis)
- Persian lilac (Syringa persica, Melia azedarach)
- summer lilac (Buddleja davidii et al.)
- wild lilac (Ceanothus spp.)
See also
- syringa
- bunchflower
- Appendix:Colors
References
- Skeat, A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, 1895
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