lilac

Any of various shrubs of the genus Syringa, especially S. vulgaris, which has been widely cultivated for its clusters of fragrant flowers that are usually purplish or white but may be pink, blue, or creamy yellow depending on the cultivar.

A pale to light or moderate purple.

A fanciers’ name for a peculiar bluish-gray color shown in the coats of some domesticated mice.

A shrub of the genus Syringa. See Syringa.

The color of the common lilac-blossom; a pale-purple color. A color-disk composed of one half artificial ultramarine, one sixth Chinese vermilion, and one third white will give a lilac.

Of the light-purple color of the flower of the common lilac.

A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris, the common lilac, and Syringa 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.

A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac.

a low shrub with dense clusters of purplish flowers (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus).

A large shrub of the genus Syringa, bearing white, pale pink or purple flowers.