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LILAC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lilac" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lilac"):
Himalayan lilac; Syringa emodi (robust upright shrub of mountains of northern India having oblong-elliptic leaves and pale lilac or white malodorous flowers)
Hungarian lilac; Syringa josikaea; Syringa josikea (central European upright shrub having elliptic leaves and upright clusters of lilac or deep violet flowers)
Persian lilac; Syringa persica (small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers)
Japanese tree lilac; Syringa amurensis japonica; Syringa reticulata (small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers)
Japanese lilac; Syringa villosa (lilac of northern China having ovate leaves and profuse early summer rose-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)
Holonyms ("lilac" is a member of...):
genus Syringa; Syringa (genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs)
Derivation:
lilac (of a pale purple color)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a pale purple color
Synonyms:
lavender; lilac; lilac-colored
Classified under:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Derivation:
lilac (any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers)
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