lilac
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lilac/ˈlʌɪlək/
▶noun
- 1 a shrub or small tree with fragrant violet, pink, or white blossom. [Genus Syringa; several species.]
- 2 a pale pinkish-violet colour.
– origin C17: from obs. Fr., via Sp. and Arab. from Pers. līlak, var. of nīlak ‘bluish’, from nīl ‘blue’.
'lilac' also found in these Oxford entries:
amethyst deceiver
- blewit
- buddleia
- butterfly bush
- calamint
- chinaberry
- cuckooflower
- desert rose
- dog violet
- godetia
- Hottentot fig
- lepidolite
- meadow saffron
- Michaelmas daisy
- mint
- paulownia
- sea lavender
- squinancywort
- stock
- syringa
- winter heliotrope
- wisteria
- yerba buena
