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From obsoleteFrenchlilac (nowlilas), fromArabicلِيلَك(līlak).

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lilac (plurallilacs)

  1. A largeshrub of the genusSyringa, especiallySyringa vulgaris, bearingwhite, pale-pink, orpurpleflowers.
    • 1907 August,Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, inThe Younger Set, New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company,→OCLC,page168:
      Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tuftedlilacs 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.
  2. Aflower of the lilac shrub.
    • 1865,Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, inSequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:
      [] O death, I cover you over with roses and early lilies, / But mostly and now thelilac 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.
  3. A palepurplecolor, the color of some lilac flowers.
    lilac: 
  4. Acat having a lilac-colored (pale brown)coat.

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shrub
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Adjective

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lilac (comparativemorelilac,superlativemostlilac)

  1. Having a pale purple colour.
  2. Of acat or itsfur: having a pale brown colour, lighter thanchocolate.

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lilac m (plurallilacs)

  1. archaic form oflilas
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