lilac
/ˈlaɪlək/ noun B2- A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.
- A flower of the lilac shrub.
- A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.
- A cat having a lilac-colored (pale brown) coat.
Plural lilacs
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And hear the thrushes singing in the lilacs round the lawn.
And through the window came a wandering—perhaps a lost—odour—a delicate, sweet odour of lilac that fixed the broker for a moment immovable.
In the garden below were lilac-trees purple with flowers, and their dizzily sweet fragrance drifted up to the window on the morning wind.
I think it must have had honeysuckle over the parlor window and lilacs in the front yard and lilies of the valley just inside the gate.
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