English > lilac: 2 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers. |
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| Member of | Syringa, genus Syringa | genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles |
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| Narrower | Himalayan lilac, Syringa emodi | Robust upright shrub of mountains of northern India having oblong-elliptic leaves and pale lilac or white malodorous flowers |
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| Hungarian lilac, Syringa josikaea, Syringa josikea | central European upright shrub having elliptic leaves and upright clusters of lilac or deep violet flowers |
| Japanese lilac, Syringa villosa | lilac of northern China having ovate leaves and profuse early summer rose-lilac flowers |
| Japanese tree lilac, Syringa reticulata, Syringa amurensis japonica | small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers |
| Persian lilac, Syringa persica | small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers |
| common lilac, Syringa vulgaris | large European lilac naturalized in North America having heart-shaped ovate leaves and large panicles of highly fragrant lilac or white flowers |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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| Spanish | lila |
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| Catalan | lila, lilà |
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| Adjectives | lilac | of a pale purple color |
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