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lilac 音标拼音: [l'ɑɪl ,æk] n. 紫丁花,丁香花,淡紫色
a. 淡紫色的 紫丁花,丁香花,淡紫色淡紫色的 lilac adj 1: of a pale purple color [ synonym: { lavender}, { lilac}, { lilac- colored}] n 1: any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowersLilac \ Li" lac\ ( l[ imac]" lak), n. [ Also { lilach}.] [ Sp. lilac, lila, Ar. l[ imac] lak, fr. Per. l[ imac] laj, l[ imac] lanj, l[ imac] lang, n[ imac] laj, n[ imac] l, the indigo plant, or from the kindred l[ imac] lak bluish, the flowers being named from the color. Cf. { Anil}.] 1. ( Bot.) A shrub of the genus { Syringa}. There are six species, natives of Europe and Asia. { Syringa vulgaris}, the common lilac, and { Syringa Persica}, the Persian lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British colonies various other shrubs have this name. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac. [ 1913 Webster] { California lilac} ( Bot.), a low shrub with dense clusters of purplish flowers ({ Ceanothus thyrsiflorus}). [ 1913 Webster]
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