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JAPANESE LILAC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese lilac mean?
• JAPANESE LILAC (noun)
The noun JAPANESE LILAC has 1 sense:
1. lilac of northern China having ovate leaves and profuse early summer rose-lilac flowers
Familiarity information: JAPANESE LILAC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lilac of northern China having ovate leaves and profuse early summer rose-lilac flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Japanese lilac; Syringa villosa
Hypernyms ("Japanese 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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