Rouen lilac
noun
A hybrid lilac, Syringax chinensis, which forms compact upright bushes and has narrow, pyramidal spikes of pink or purple flowers.
- The Rouen lilac is believed to be the result of a natural hybridization between Syringa laciniata and the common lilac, S. vulgaris, at the Botanic Gardens in Rouen in the late 18th cent..
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Loudon (1783–1843), landscape gardener and horticultural writer.
- polyblend
- polybranchiate
- polybrominated
- polybrominated biphenyl
- polybutadiene
- polybutylene
- polycarbonate
- polycarboxylate
- polycarboxylic
- polycarpellary
- polycarpic
- polycarpous
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- polycationic
- polycellular
- polycentral
- polycentric
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- polycentrist
- polycephalic
- polycephalous
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