| an Asian lilac, Syringa persica, having pale reddish-purple flowers. |
| persian lilac | |
noun | |
| 1. | tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree [syn: chinaberry] |
| 2. | small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers |