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Synonyms lavender, lilac-colored
Type Words
Type of shrub, bush
Has types common lilac, himalayan lilac, hungarian lilac, japanese lilac, japanese tree lilac, persian lilac, syringa amurensis japonica, syringa emodi, syringa josikaea, syringa josikea, syringa persica, syringa villosa, syringa reticulata, syringa vulgaris

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Hues are in contrasting lemon and turquoise, coral and blue, or lilac and green.
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It is a larvae of a clearwing moth that damages just lilac shrubs and ash trees.
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If lilac is one of the fragrances of spring, sweet fern must be one of summer's.
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If I were to see that lilac muslin in China, I should say it was meant for Rose.
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The cytoplasm may look transparent because of fine granules that are pale lilac.
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Cherry-like bark and late-blooming flowers are the trademarks of the Pekin lilac.
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I'd warned the lilac it had one more year to produce flowers or it was history.
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There was a pink and lilac colour scheme throughout the house, which I changed.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Remnants of old houses can be found among landscape shrubs like lilac and privet.
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  • Lavender: of a pale purple color
  • Any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
  • Syringa vulgaris (lilac or common lilac) is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae, native to the Balkan Peninsula, where it grows on rocky hills. This species is widely cultivated as an ornamental and has been naturalized in other parts of Europe (UK, France, Germany, Italy, etc.), as well as much of North America...
  • Lilac is a color that is a pale tone of violet that is a representation of the average color of most lilac flowers. It might also be described as light purple. The colors of some lilac flowers may be equivalent to the colors shown below as rich lilac or deep lilac. ...
  • Syringa (lilac) is a genus of 12 currently recognized species of flowering woody plants in the olive family (Oleaceae), native to woodland and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia, and widely and commonly cultivated in temperate areas elsewhere.
  • (The Lilacs) The Lilacs were a four-piece rock band from Chicago, formed in Summer 1990 by Ken Kurson, David Levinsky, Tom Whalen and John Packel. ...
  • (LILACS) Grey (violet grey) 1836, Princess Elizabeth (alice) 1812, Red (heliotrope) 1832.
  • A pale, pinkish-gray color to the coat. See also Lavender
  • Youthful, humility, confidence. First love.