"Lilac" is a word in ENGLISH
A light purplish color like that of the flower of the
purplish lilac.
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.
The darkest clouds precipitate the most rain.
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The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.
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