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PERSIAN LILAC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers
Synonyms:
Persian lilac; Syringa persica
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Persian lilac" is a kind of...):
lilac (any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
Synonyms:
azedarach; azederach; China tree; chinaberry; chinaberry tree; Melia azedarach; Melia azederach; Persian lilac; pride-of-India
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Persian lilac" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("Persian lilac" is a member of...):
genus Melia; Melia (type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash)
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