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COMMON LILAC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common lilac mean?
• COMMON LILAC (noun)
The noun COMMON LILAC has 1 sense:
1. large European lilac naturalized in North America having heart-shaped ovate leaves and large panicles of highly fragrant lilac or white flowers
Familiarity information: COMMON LILAC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large European lilac naturalized in North America having heart-shaped ovate leaves and large panicles of highly fragrant lilac or white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common lilac; Syringa vulgaris
Hypernyms ("common lilac" is a kind of...):
lilac (any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers)
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