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li⋅lac
[lahy-luh
k, -lahk, -lak] 
–noun
| 1. | any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire. |
| 2. | pale reddish purple. |
–adjective
| 3. | having the color lilac. |
Origin:
1615–25; < Sp < Ar līlak < Pers, assimilated var. of nīlak bluish, equiv. to nīl blue, indigo (< Skt nīla) + -ak suffix of appurtenance
1615–25; < Sp < Ar līlak < Pers, assimilated var. of nīlak bluish, equiv. to nīl blue, indigo (< Skt nīla) + -ak suffix of appurtenance
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| li·lac (lī'lək, -lŏk, -lāk) n.
[Obsolete French, from Arabic līlak, from Middle Persian nīlak, from nīl, indigo, from Sanskrit nīlī, from nīla-, dark blue.] li'lac adj. |
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Lilac
Li"lac\ (l[imac]"lak), n. [Also lilach.] [Sp. lilac, lila, Ar. l[=i]lak, fr. Per. l[=i]laj, l[=i]lanj, l[=i]lang, n[=i]laj, n[=i]l, the indigo plant, or from the kindred l[=i]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 S. 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. 2. A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac. California lilac (Bot.), a low shrub with dense clusters of purplish flowers (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus).
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Language Translation for : Lilac
Spanish:
lilas,
German:
spanischer Flieder,
Japanese:
ライラック
lilac
1625, from Fr. lilac "shrub of genus Syringa with mauve flowers," from Sp. lilac, from Arabic lilak, from Pers. lilak, variant of nilak "bluish," from nil "indigo" (cf. Skt. nilah "dark blue"), of unknown origin. As a color name, attested from 1791; as a scent, from 1895.
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