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Persian lilac

Persian lilac noun: syringa × persica, a shrub in the olive family (Oleaceae).

Noun

Persian lilac (plural Persian lilacs)

  1. Syringa × persica, a shrub in the olive family (Oleaceae).
    • But in the garden was life in all its glad and bright hues: the early roses and the late violets opened their urns, exhaling in perfume the drops they caught, till every breath was pleasure; the laburnums, those prodigals of fleeting wealth, were covered with gold; and the Persian lilacs waved...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 285–286
  2. Melia azedarach, a tree in the mahogany family (Meliaceae).

Forms of Persian lilac

pluralPersian lilacs

Questions about Persian lilac

What does Persian lilac mean?
Persian lilac means syringa × persica, a shrub in the olive family (Oleaceae).
What part of speech is Persian lilac?
Persian lilac is a noun.
What is the plural of Persian lilac?
The plural of Persian lilac is Persian lilacs.

Words near Persian lilac in the dictionary

  1. Persian insect powder
  2. Persian Iraq
  3. Persian iris
  4. Persian lamb
  5. Persian lambs
  6. Persian lilac
  7. Persian lilacs
  8. Persian lime
  9. Persian love
  10. Persian lynx
  11. Persian melon

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