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Persian lilacs

Persian lilacs is the plural of Persian lilac.

Meaning of Persian lilac

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).

Questions about Persian lilacs

What is Persian lilacs the plural of?
Persian lilacs is the plural of Persian lilac.

Words near Persian lilacs in the dictionary

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

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