English-Thai Dictionary

lilac

ADJ ที่ มี สีม่วง อ่อน  ti-me-se-muang-on

 

lilac

N พืช ไม้ดอก สีม่วง แดง หรือ สี ขาว ที่ มี กลิ่นหอม  phued-mai-dok-se-muang-daeng-rue-se-kao-ti-me-klin-hom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LILAC

n.A plant or shrub of the genus syringa, a native of Persia. The common lilac is cultivated for its flowers, which are purple or white.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LILAC

Li "lac, n. [Also lilach.] Etym: [Sp. lilac, lila, Ar. lilak, fr. Per. lilaj, lilanj, lilang, nilaj, nil, the indigo plant, or from the kindred lilak bluish, the flowers being named from the color. Cf. Anil. ]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

2. A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac. California lilac (Bot. ), a low shrub with dense clusters of purplish flowers (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus ).

 

LILACIN

LILACIN Lil "a *cin, n. (Chem. )

 

Defn: See Syringin.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lilac

li lac |ˈlīˌläk, -ˌlak, -lək ˈlaɪlək | ▶noun a Eurasian shrub or small tree of the olive family, that has fragrant violet, pink, or white blossoms and is widely cultivated as an ornamental. [Genus Syringa, family Oleaceae; several species, in particular the common lilac (S. vulgaris ), with many cultivars. ] • a pale pinkish-violet color. ▶adjective of a pale pinkish-violet color. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from obsolete French, via Spanish and Arabic from Persian līlak, variant of nīlak ‘bluish, ’ from nīl ‘blue. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

lilac

lilac |ˈlʌɪlək | ▶noun a Eurasian shrub or small tree of the olive family, which has fragrant violet, pink, or white blossom and is a popular garden ornamental. ●Genus Syringa, family Oleaceae; several species, in particular the common lilac (S. vulgaris ), with many cultivars. • [ mass noun ] a pale pinkish-violet colour. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from obsolete French, via Spanish and Arabic from Persian līlak, variant of nīlak ‘bluish ’, from nīl ‘blue ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

lilac

li lac /láɪlək , ｟米 ｠-lɑːk, -læk /名詞 複 ～s /-s /, ～1 C ライラック , リラ (lilac tree ); U 〖集合的に 〗ライラックの花 .2 U ライラック色 , 薄紫色 ; 〖しばしば形容詞的に 〗ライラック色の ▸ a lilac dressing gown ライラック色のナイトガウン .