Lilac

Quick meaning: Lilac is a noun meaning A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.

Meaning

A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.

More Meanings

1. A flower of the lilac shrub.
2. A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.
3. A cat having a lilac-colored (pale brown) coat.
4. Having a pale purple colour.
5. Of a cat or its fur: having a pale brown colour, lighter than chocolate.

Example Sentences

[…] O death, I cover you over with roses and early lilies, / But mostly and now the lilac that blooms the first, / Copious I break, I break the sprigs from the bushes, / With loaded arms I come, pouring for you, / For you and the coffins all of you O death.

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.

Word Forms

• lilacs

Synonyms for lilac

Depending on context, synonyms include chromatic, lavender, colored.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lavender, colored, chromatic, syringa, lila, lala.

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