- purple-lilac
- adjectiveof lavender tinged with purple• Syn: ↑purplish-lilac• Similar to: ↑chromatic
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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lilac — li·lac || laɪlÉ™k n. shrub which bears large clusters of strongly scented purple or white flowers adj. pale purple, lilac colored … English contemporary dictionary
lilac-breasted roller — Roller Roll er, n. 1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts. [1913 Webster] 2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lilac chaser — is a visual illusion, also known as the Pac Man illusion. It consists of 12 lilac (or pink, rose or magenta), blurred disks arranged in a circle (like the numbers on a clock), around a small black, central cross on a grey background. One of the… … Wikipedia
lilac — (n.) 1620s, 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 uncertain origin. As a color name, attested from… … Etymology dictionary
lilac — [lī′lək, lī′läk΄, lī′lak΄] n. [Fr (now lilas) < Ar līlak < Pers līlak, nīlak, bluish < nīl, indigo < Sans nila, dark blue, indigo] 1. any of a genus (Syringa) of hardy shrubs or trees of the olive family, with large clusters of tiny,… … English World dictionary
Lilac — f English: a modern adoption of the vocabulary word denoting the shrub with large sprays of heavily scented purple or white flowers. The word is from French, which derived it via Spanish from Arabic līlak, from Persian nīlak bluish, a derivative… … First names dictionary
purple — [n/adj] blue and red colors mixed together amaranthine, amethyst, bluish red, color, heliotrope, lavender, lilac, magenta, mauve, mulberry, orchid, perse, plum, pomegranate, reddish blue, violaceous, violet, wine; concepts 618,622 … New thesaurus
lilac — /luy leuhk, lahk, lak/, n. 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. adj. 3 … Universalium
lilac — [[t]la͟ɪlək[/t]] lilacs (lilac can also be used as the plural form.) 1) N VAR A lilac or a lilac tree is a small tree which has sweet smelling purple, pink, or white flowers in large, cone shaped groups. Lilacs grew against the side wall. ...a… … English dictionary
Lilac (color) — About the plant lilac see syringa.Lilac is a color that is a pale shade of violet. It might also be described as light purple. The actual color of the flower of some Lilac flowers is a much deeper color, equivalent to the color shown below as… … Wikipedia
