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li⋅lac

  [lahy-luhk, -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.
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Origin:
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.  

  1. Any of various shrubs of the genus Syringa, especially S. vulgaris, widely cultivated for its clusters of fragrant purplish or white flowers.

  2. A pale to light or moderate purple.


[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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Word Origin & History

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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