lilacn.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪlək/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪˌlɑk/,

/ˈlaɪlək/

Forms: 1600s lelack(e, 1600s–1700s (1800s) lilach, 1700s–1800s (now chiefly dialect or U.S.) laylock, (1800s layloc, U.S. vulgar lalock), 1700s lylac, 1600s– lilac.

Etymology: < French lilac (Cotgrave; now lilas), < Spanish lilac, < Arabic līlāk, apparently < Persian līlak, variant of nīlak bluish, < Persian nīl blue, indigo (Sanskrit nīla, Hindi līl); compare various Persian words for indigo, līlah, līlanj, etc., which have parallel forms with initial n. Other forms are Portuguese lilaz (from Spanish or Arabic), Turkish leilaq (whence possibly the early 17th cent. lelacke, modern laylock.

a. A shrub, Syringa vulgaris, cultivated for its fragrant blossoms, which are of a pale pinkish violet colour; a variety has white blossoms. Also, the flower of this shrub.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > lilac and allied trees

blue pipe1597

lilac1625

lilac-tree1625

pipe tree1629

Persian jasmine1640

Persian lilac1640

Rouen lilac1838

1625 [see lilac-tree n. at Compounds 1].

1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 128 The Autumnal budds..making little Rhombuses, and network figures, as in the Sycamore and Lilac.

1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 79 in Sylva Plant Roses..Lilac, Syringas.

1763 Brit. Mag. 4 605 And gather'd laylocks perish, as they blow.

1777 T. Warton Ode 1st Apr. 25 The lilac hangs to view Its bursting gems in clusters blue.

1844 Lady G. C. Fullerton Ellen Middleton (1854) II. xii. 69 A large nosegay of lilacs and seringa.

1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table ii. 52 Lalocks flowered late.

1865 Ld. Tennyson On a Mourner ii Nature..makes the purple lilac ripe.

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. i. 3 The yellow laburnum, and the laylock were at their best.

b. Applied to other species of Syringa (see quots.).

ΚΠ

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 28 Rose-Trees, Honey-suckles, Persian Lilachs, &c.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 478/2 Syringa Josikea, Josika's lilac..is a native of Transylvania, and was discovered by the Baroness von Josika, after whom it was named by Jacquin. S. Chinensis, Chinese lilac... In characters it is intermediate between S. vulgaris and S. Persica, and agrees with a hybrid plant produced at Rouen by M. Vain, and called S. Rotomagensis, the Rouen lilac.

1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 124 S. Persica, the Persian Lilac, is a smaller and slenderer shrub, with looser, more drooping heads of flowers, more aromatically perfumed. This also has a white variety.

c. Applied to plants of other genera (see quots.).

ΚΠ

1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 80/1 Melia Azedarak, sometimes called Persian Lilac, Pride of India, and Common Bead~tree.

1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. xvii. 326 The White Cedar-tree, or Australian Lilac (Melia Australis).

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 681/2 African Lilac, Melia Azedarach. Australian Lilac, a name used by the settlers for Hardenbergia monophylla; also Prostanthera violacea. Indian Lilac, Melia semperflorens.

1881 J. S. Gamble Man. Indian Timbers 70 Melia Azedarach, Linn... The Persian Lilac.

1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Lilac, name given in Australia to the tree Melia composita..called Cape Lilac. It is not endemic in Australia, and is called ‘Persian Lilac’ in India. In Tasmania the name of Native Lilac is given to Prostanthera rotundifolia.

a. The colour of lilac blossom.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun] > light purple

gridelinc1640

lilac1791

1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing II. ii. iii. xi. 258 The colour was more or less inclined to red, from lilac to violet.

1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xvii. 32 The breast [of the paroquet] is of a leaden hue, the belly lilac.

1816 Countess of Hardwicke in Two Noble Lives I. 53 Elizabeth wore white and silver, I wore layloc and silver.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 24 She brought us Academic silks, in hue The lilac.

b. attributive passing into adj. Of the colour of lilac blossom.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > light purple

gridelin1652

lilac-coloured1766

lilac1804

lilac-tinted1849

lilaceous1855

lilacky1863

lilac-purple1882

1804 M. Edgeworth Contrast i, in Pop. Tales III. 13 It will spoil my new lilac ribbons.

1854 C. Patmore Betrothal x, in Angel in House I. 149 The little lilac glove.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Grandmother xv, in Enoch Arden, etc. 121 So Willy and I were wedded: I wore a lilac gown.

1882 Garden 1 Apr. 210/1 A beautiful alpine Crowfoot, with delicate lilac flowers.

c. The scent of lilac, esp. as used in cosmetics, etc.

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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically

ewrosec1350

stacte1382

oil of rosesa1398

rose watera1398

sandalc1400

musk?a1425

damask water?1520

malabathrum1543

orris1545

civet1553

ambracan1555

rose cake1559

lavender-water1563

oil of spikenard1565

zibet1594

orange-flower water1595

orris powder?1600

spike-oil1611

angel water1634

cypress-powder1634

angelica1653

jasmine1670

jessamy1671

rosat1674

frangipane1676

marechale1676

orangery1676

tuberose1682

jasmine-water1750

otto1759

rose geranium1773

millefleurs1775

new-mown hay1789

attar1798

eau-de-Cologne1802

Cologne1814

dedes1817

eau de Portugal1825

verbena1837

rondeletia1838

bay-rum1840

Florida water1840

citronelle1841

patchouli1843

citronella1849

gardenia1851

sandalwood oil1851

Ess Bouquet1855

marmala water1857

mignonette1858

spikenard oil1861

sandalwood1865

serpolet1866

ylang-ylang1876

flower-water1886

lily1890

lilac1895

stephanotis1895

tea rose1897

chypre1898

Peau d'Espagne1898

violette de Parme1904

poppy1905

Parma violet1907

wallflower1907

1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 259/3 Perfumes... White Lilac.

1898 Illustr. London News 1 Jan. 34 (advt.) Lance Perfumes..acacia, violet, lilac..price one shilling.

c1938 Fortnum & Mason Price List 54/1 Soaps..Lilac.

1951 A. Langenbach Wines Germany xxviii. 126 The finest Rheingau growths..have a delicious lilac-like bouquet.

1972 Guardian 22 Aug. 9/4 Jackson's have revived the floral perfumes... The current range comprises sweetpea..purple lilac, and jonquil.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

lilac-ambush n.

ΚΠ

1842 Ld. Tennyson Gardener's Daughter in Poems (new ed.) II. 24 This, yielding, gave into a grassy walk Thro' crowded lilac-ambush trimly pruned.

lilac-blossom n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > lilac and allied trees > flower of

prince's feather1818

lilac-blossom1891

1891 O. Wilde Picture of Dorian Gray ii. 30 Lord Henry..found Dorian Gray burying his face in the great cool lilac-blossoms.

1974 A. Goddard Vienna Pursuit iii. 115 Some lilac blossom had been blown..across the pavement.

lilac-bush n.

ΚΠ

1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. vi. 87 The catbird in the laylock-bush is loud.

lilac-flower n.

ΚΠ

1830 Lady's Mag. Oct. 219 Large plumes of the lilac flower, and likewise bunches of lilies of the valley are so arranged.

lilac-shade n.

ΚΠ

1849 M. Arnold Mod. Sappho i Nothing stirs on the lawn but the quick lilac-shade.

lilac-time n.

ΘΚΠ

lilac-time1906

1906 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 10) 881/1 To have a good Lilac-time it is essential to have the newer varieties raised in France.

1910 A. Noyes Barrel Organ in Coll. Poems I. 129 Go down to Kew in lilac-time (it isn't far from London!).

lilac-tree n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > lilac and allied trees

blue pipe1597

lilac1625

lilac-tree1625

pipe tree1629

Persian jasmine1640

Persian lilac1640

Rouen lilac1838

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 269 The Lelacke Tree.

1650 Surv. Nonsuch Palace, Archæol. V. 434 A fountaine of white marble..set round with six trees called lelack trees.

C2. Qualifying the names of colours.

lilac-blue adj.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > purplish blue

hyacinthine1656

violaceous1657

violaceana1711

lilac-blue1851

hyacinthian1858

hyacinth1876

lavender1882

violet blue1882

1851 B'ham & Midl. Gardener's Mag. May 52 Bunches of delicate lilac-blue..flowers.

lilac-grey adj.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > pinkish or purplish grey

columbinec1420

columbe1561

dove-colour1598

dove-coloured1727

lavender-grey1834

lilac-grey1880

dove1895

pinko-grey1953

1880 W. Black White Wings xx The silent, glassy, lilac-grey sea.

lilac-mauve adj.

lilac-pink adj.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > pale red or pink

incarnatea1533

fleshy1555

incarnation1562

pallet1565

peach1583

bepurfurate1584

blush1597

carnation1598

peachy1599

peach-coloured1600

pink-coloured1600

incarnadine1605

pink1607

blush-coloured1626

blushy1626

gridelin1652

carnationeda1658

pinky1661

carneous1673

peach blossom1702

flesh-coloured1703

flesh-colour1711

mushroom-coloured1770

salmon-coloured1776

pinkish1785

salmon1786

blush-tinted1818

flesh-red1819

naturelle1873

flesh-pink1882

lilac-pink1882

pinksome1913

nude1922

magnolia-pink1931

salmony1935

magnolia1963

1882 Garden 7 Oct. 307/3 Pelargoniums..Lady Sheffield, lilac-pink.

lilac-purple adj.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > light purple

gridelin1652

lilac-coloured1766

lilac1804

lilac-tinted1849

lilaceous1855

lilacky1863

lilac-purple1882

1882 Garden 1 Apr. 223/2 A compact rosette of a rich lilac-purple.

C3. Parasynthetic.

lilac-coloured adj.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > light purple

gridelin1652

lilac-coloured1766

lilac1804

lilac-tinted1849

lilaceous1855

lilacky1863

lilac-purple1882

1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. x. 346 You must write with this lilach-coloured liquor.

lilac-headed adj.

ΚΠ

1802 Barrington's Hist. New S. Wales ix. 344 The beautiful lilac-headed parroquet.

lilac-tinted adj.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > light purple

gridelin1652

lilac-coloured1766

lilac1804

lilac-tinted1849

lilaceous1855

lilacky1863

lilac-purple1882

1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 126/2 Lilac-tinted spots.

C4.

lilac-breasted roller n. Coracias caudata, a bird found in the southern half of Africa.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Coraciidae > member of genus Coracias

roller1809

lilac-breasted roller1908

1908 A. K. Haagner & R. H. Ivy Sketches S. Afr. Bird-life 29 The beautiful Lilac-breasted Roller (C[oracias] caudatus) is green, blue and brown, with the breast of a purplish-lilac tinge with white shaft-streaks, and the abdomen blue... This bird is not uncommon in the Transvaal bushveld.

1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxxiv. 293 The bright plumage..of the lilac-breasted roller.

1971 Country Life 28 Oct. 1126/2 [In Ethiopia] I first saw those gorgeously-coloured birds, the lilac-breasted rollers.

lilac moth n. (see quot.).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types > miscellaneous types

high-flyer?1749

nonpareil1749

porphyry1819

satin carpet1819

satin pygmy1828

scopolian1829

chalk carpet1832

sieve lackey1832

sprawler1832

tissue1832

treble bar1832

treble gold stripe1832

vesper-beauty1832

viburnian1832

yellowhead1832

flame carpet1862

sting-moth1863

lilac moth1868

luna-moth1869

melon-caterpillar1884

wood-nymph1885

unicorn-moth1891

geometer moth1897

the suspected1908

porina1929

tomato pinworm1931

mopane worm1966

1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands xiv. 296 The little chocolate-coloured moth called the Lilac Moth (Lazotænia ribeana).

lilac-tide n. the time when lilac is in bloom.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1765 H. Walpole Let. to Earl of Hertford 12 May Though in all the bloom of my passion, lilac-tide, I have not been at Strawberry this fortnight.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	lilac
释义	lilacn. Brit. /ˈlʌɪlək/, U.S. /ˈlaɪˌlɑk/, /ˈlaɪlək/ Forms: 1600s lelack(e, 1600s–1700s (1800s) lilach, 1700s–1800s (now chiefly dialect or U.S.) laylock, (1800s layloc, U.S. vulgar lalock), 1700s lylac, 1600s– lilac. Etymology: < French lilac (Cotgrave; now lilas), < Spanish lilac, < Arabic līlāk, apparently < Persian līlak, variant of nīlak bluish, < Persian nīl blue, indigo (Sanskrit nīla, Hindi līl); compare various Persian words for indigo, līlah, līlanj, etc., which have parallel forms with initial n. Other forms are Portuguese lilaz (from Spanish or Arabic), Turkish leilaq (whence possibly the early 17th cent. lelacke, modern laylock. 1. a. A shrub, Syringa vulgaris, cultivated for its fragrant blossoms, which are of a pale pinkish violet colour; a variety has white blossoms. Also, the flower of this shrub. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > lilac and allied trees blue pipe1597 lilac1625 lilac-tree1625 pipe tree1629 Persian jasmine1640 Persian lilac1640 Rouen lilac1838 1625 [see lilac-tree n. at Compounds 1]. 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 128 The Autumnal budds..making little Rhombuses, and network figures, as in the Sycamore and Lilac. 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 79 in Sylva Plant Roses..Lilac, Syringas. 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 605 And gather'd laylocks perish, as they blow. 1777 T. Warton Ode 1st Apr. 25 The lilac hangs to view Its bursting gems in clusters blue. 1844 Lady G. C. Fullerton Ellen Middleton (1854) II. xii. 69 A large nosegay of lilacs and seringa. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table ii. 52 Lalocks flowered late. 1865 Ld. Tennyson On a Mourner ii Nature..makes the purple lilac ripe. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. i. 3 The yellow laburnum, and the laylock were at their best. b. Applied to other species of Syringa (see quots.). ΚΠ 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 28 Rose-Trees, Honey-suckles, Persian Lilachs, &c. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 478/2 Syringa Josikea, Josika's lilac..is a native of Transylvania, and was discovered by the Baroness von Josika, after whom it was named by Jacquin. S. Chinensis, Chinese lilac... In characters it is intermediate between S. vulgaris and S. Persica, and agrees with a hybrid plant produced at Rouen by M. Vain, and called S. Rotomagensis, the Rouen lilac. 1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 124 S. Persica, the Persian Lilac, is a smaller and slenderer shrub, with looser, more drooping heads of flowers, more aromatically perfumed. This also has a white variety. c. Applied to plants of other genera (see quots.). ΚΠ 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 80/1 Melia Azedarak, sometimes called Persian Lilac, Pride of India, and Common Bead~tree. 1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. xvii. 326 The White Cedar-tree, or Australian Lilac (Melia Australis). 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 681/2 African Lilac, Melia Azedarach. Australian Lilac, a name used by the settlers for Hardenbergia monophylla; also Prostanthera violacea. Indian Lilac, Melia semperflorens. 1881 J. S. Gamble Man. Indian Timbers 70 Melia Azedarach, Linn... The Persian Lilac. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Lilac, name given in Australia to the tree Melia composita..called Cape Lilac. It is not endemic in Australia, and is called ‘Persian Lilac’ in India. In Tasmania the name of Native Lilac is given to Prostanthera rotundifolia. 2. a. The colour of lilac blossom. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun] > light purple gridelinc1640 lilac1791 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing II. ii. iii. xi. 258 The colour was more or less inclined to red, from lilac to violet. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xvii. 32 The breast [of the paroquet] is of a leaden hue, the belly lilac. 1816 Countess of Hardwicke in Two Noble Lives I. 53 Elizabeth wore white and silver, I wore layloc and silver. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 24 She brought us Academic silks, in hue The lilac. b. attributive passing into adj. Of the colour of lilac blossom. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > light purple gridelin1652 lilac-coloured1766 lilac1804 lilac-tinted1849 lilaceous1855 lilacky1863 lilac-purple1882 1804 M. Edgeworth Contrast i, in Pop. Tales III. 13 It will spoil my new lilac ribbons. 1854 C. Patmore Betrothal x, in Angel in House I. 149 The little lilac glove. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Grandmother xv, in Enoch Arden, etc. 121 So Willy and I were wedded: I wore a lilac gown. 1882 Garden 1 Apr. 210/1 A beautiful alpine Crowfoot, with delicate lilac flowers. c. The scent of lilac, esp. as used in cosmetics, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > specifically ewrosec1350 stacte1382 oil of rosesa1398 rose watera1398 sandalc1400 musk?a1425 damask water?1520 malabathrum1543 orris1545 civet1553 ambracan1555 rose cake1559 lavender-water1563 oil of spikenard1565 zibet1594 orange-flower water1595 orris powder?1600 spike-oil1611 angel water1634 cypress-powder1634 angelica1653 jasmine1670 jessamy1671 rosat1674 frangipane1676 marechale1676 orangery1676 tuberose1682 jasmine-water1750 otto1759 rose geranium1773 millefleurs1775 new-mown hay1789 attar1798 eau-de-Cologne1802 Cologne1814 dedes1817 eau de Portugal1825 verbena1837 rondeletia1838 bay-rum1840 Florida water1840 citronelle1841 patchouli1843 citronella1849 gardenia1851 sandalwood oil1851 Ess Bouquet1855 marmala water1857 mignonette1858 spikenard oil1861 sandalwood1865 serpolet1866 ylang-ylang1876 flower-water1886 lily1890 lilac1895 stephanotis1895 tea rose1897 chypre1898 Peau d'Espagne1898 violette de Parme1904 poppy1905 Parma violet1907 wallflower1907 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 259/3 Perfumes... White Lilac. 1898 Illustr. London News 1 Jan. 34 (advt.) Lance Perfumes..acacia, violet, lilac..price one shilling. c1938 Fortnum & Mason Price List 54/1 Soaps..Lilac. 1951 A. Langenbach Wines Germany xxviii. 126 The finest Rheingau growths..have a delicious lilac-like bouquet. 1972 Guardian 22 Aug. 9/4 Jackson's have revived the floral perfumes... The current range comprises sweetpea..purple lilac, and jonquil. Compounds C1. General attributive. lilac-ambush n. ΚΠ 1842 Ld. Tennyson Gardener's Daughter in Poems (new ed.) II. 24 This, yielding, gave into a grassy walk Thro' crowded lilac-ambush trimly pruned. lilac-blossom n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > lilac and allied trees > flower of prince's feather1818 lilac-blossom1891 1891 O. Wilde Picture of Dorian Gray ii. 30 Lord Henry..found Dorian Gray burying his face in the great cool lilac-blossoms. 1974 A. Goddard Vienna Pursuit iii. 115 Some lilac blossom had been blown..across the pavement. lilac-bush n. ΚΠ 1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. vi. 87 The catbird in the laylock-bush is loud. lilac-flower n. ΚΠ 1830 Lady's Mag. Oct. 219 Large plumes of the lilac flower, and likewise bunches of lilies of the valley are so arranged. lilac-shade n. ΚΠ 1849 M. Arnold Mod. Sappho i Nothing stirs on the lawn but the quick lilac-shade. lilac-time n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > lilac and allied trees > season when lilacs are in flower lilac-time1906 1906 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 10) 881/1 To have a good Lilac-time it is essential to have the newer varieties raised in France. 1910 A. Noyes Barrel Organ in Coll. Poems I. 129 Go down to Kew in lilac-time (it isn't far from London!). lilac-tree n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > lilac and allied trees blue pipe1597 lilac1625 lilac-tree1625 pipe tree1629 Persian jasmine1640 Persian lilac1640 Rouen lilac1838 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 269 The Lelacke Tree. 1650 Surv. Nonsuch Palace, Archæol. V. 434 A fountaine of white marble..set round with six trees called lelack trees. C2. Qualifying the names of colours. lilac-blue adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > purplish blue hyacinthine1656 violaceous1657 violaceana1711 lilac-blue1851 hyacinthian1858 hyacinth1876 lavender1882 violet blue1882 1851 B'ham & Midl. Gardener's Mag. May 52 Bunches of delicate lilac-blue..flowers. lilac-grey adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > pinkish or purplish grey columbinec1420 columbe1561 dove-colour1598 dove-coloured1727 lavender-grey1834 lilac-grey1880 dove1895 pinko-grey1953 1880 W. Black White Wings xx The silent, glassy, lilac-grey sea. lilac-mauve adj. lilac-pink adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > pale red or pink incarnatea1533 fleshy1555 incarnation1562 pallet1565 peach1583 bepurfurate1584 blush1597 carnation1598 peachy1599 peach-coloured1600 pink-coloured1600 incarnadine1605 pink1607 blush-coloured1626 blushy1626 gridelin1652 carnationeda1658 pinky1661 carneous1673 peach blossom1702 flesh-coloured1703 flesh-colour1711 mushroom-coloured1770 salmon-coloured1776 pinkish1785 salmon1786 blush-tinted1818 flesh-red1819 naturelle1873 flesh-pink1882 lilac-pink1882 pinksome1913 nude1922 magnolia-pink1931 salmony1935 magnolia1963 1882 Garden 7 Oct. 307/3 Pelargoniums..Lady Sheffield, lilac-pink. lilac-purple adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > light purple gridelin1652 lilac-coloured1766 lilac1804 lilac-tinted1849 lilaceous1855 lilacky1863 lilac-purple1882 1882 Garden 1 Apr. 223/2 A compact rosette of a rich lilac-purple. C3. Parasynthetic. lilac-coloured adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > light purple gridelin1652 lilac-coloured1766 lilac1804 lilac-tinted1849 lilaceous1855 lilacky1863 lilac-purple1882 1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. x. 346 You must write with this lilach-coloured liquor. lilac-headed adj. ΚΠ 1802 Barrington's Hist. New S. Wales ix. 344 The beautiful lilac-headed parroquet. lilac-tinted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > light purple gridelin1652 lilac-coloured1766 lilac1804 lilac-tinted1849 lilaceous1855 lilacky1863 lilac-purple1882 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 126/2 Lilac-tinted spots. C4. lilac-breasted roller n. Coracias caudata, a bird found in the southern half of Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Coraciidae > member of genus Coracias roller1809 lilac-breasted roller1908 1908 A. K. Haagner & R. H. Ivy Sketches S. Afr. Bird-life 29 The beautiful Lilac-breasted Roller (C[oracias] caudatus) is green, blue and brown, with the breast of a purplish-lilac tinge with white shaft-streaks, and the abdomen blue... This bird is not uncommon in the Transvaal bushveld. 1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxxiv. 293 The bright plumage..of the lilac-breasted roller. 1971 Country Life 28 Oct. 1126/2 [In Ethiopia] I first saw those gorgeously-coloured birds, the lilac-breasted rollers. lilac moth n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types > miscellaneous types high-flyer?1749 nonpareil1749 porphyry1819 satin carpet1819 satin pygmy1828 scopolian1829 chalk carpet1832 sieve lackey1832 sprawler1832 tissue1832 treble bar1832 treble gold stripe1832 vesper-beauty1832 viburnian1832 yellowhead1832 flame carpet1862 sting-moth1863 lilac moth1868 luna-moth1869 melon-caterpillar1884 wood-nymph1885 unicorn-moth1891 geometer moth1897 the suspected1908 porina1929 tomato pinworm1931 mopane worm1966 1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands xiv. 296 The little chocolate-coloured moth called the Lilac Moth (Lazotænia ribeana). lilac-tide n. the time when lilac is in bloom.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1765 H. Walpole Let. to Earl of Hertford 12 May Though in all the bloom of my passion, lilac-tide, I have not been at Strawberry this fortnight. 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