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lilac
(mass) | lilac
- Philadelphus coronarius, Pajazmín vencový |
lilac
(encz) | lilac,jasně fialová Zdeněk Brož |
lilac
(encz) | lilac,šeřík n: [bot.] mamm |
Lilac
(gcide) | Lilac \Li"lac\ (l[imac]"lak), n. [Also lilach.] [Sp. lilac,
lila, Ar. l[imac]lak, fr. Per. l[imac]laj, l[imac]lanj,
l[imac]lang, n[imac]laj, n[imac]l, the indigo plant, or from
the kindred l[imac]lak bluish, the flowers being named from
the color. Cf. Anil.]
1. (Bot.) A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six
species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris,
the common lilac, and Syringa 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.
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2. A light purplish color like that of the flower of the
purplish lilac.
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California lilac (Bot.), a low shrub with dense clusters of
purplish flowers (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus).
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lilac
(wn) | lilac
adj 1: of a pale purple color [syn: lavender, lilac, {lilac-
colored}]
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large
panicles of usually fragrant flowers |
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common lilac
(encz) | common lilac, n: |
hungarian lilac
(encz) | Hungarian lilac, |
California lilac
(gcide) | Lilac \Li"lac\ (l[imac]"lak), n. [Also lilach.] [Sp. lilac,
lila, Ar. l[imac]lak, fr. Per. l[imac]laj, l[imac]lanj,
l[imac]lang, n[imac]laj, n[imac]l, the indigo plant, or from
the kindred l[imac]lak bluish, the flowers being named from
the color. Cf. Anil.]
1. (Bot.) A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six
species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris,
the common lilac, and Syringa 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.
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2. A light purplish color like that of the flower of the
purplish lilac.
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California lilac (Bot.), a low shrub with dense clusters of
purplish flowers (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus).
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lavender lilac
(gcide) | colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
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2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
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3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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Lilac
(gcide) | Lilac \Li"lac\ (l[imac]"lak), n. [Also lilach.] [Sp. lilac,
lila, Ar. l[imac]lak, fr. Per. l[imac]laj, l[imac]lanj,
l[imac]lang, n[imac]laj, n[imac]l, the indigo plant, or from
the kindred l[imac]lak bluish, the flowers being named from
the color. Cf. Anil.]
1. (Bot.) A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six
species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris,
the common lilac, and Syringa 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.
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2. A light purplish color like that of the flower of the
purplish lilac.
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California lilac (Bot.), a low shrub with dense clusters of
purplish flowers (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus).
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lilac-breasted roller
(gcide) | Roller \Roll"er\ (r[=o]l"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder,
sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in
husbandry and the arts.
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2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage
used in surgery.
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3. (Naut.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in
upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.
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4. A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling
cylinder; -- called also roller towel.
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5. (Print.) A cylinder coated with a composition made
principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of
type are inked previously to taking an impression from
them. --W. Savage.
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6. A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the
roller of a map.
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7. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
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8. (Zool.) Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf
roller. see Tortrix.
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9. [CF. F. rollier.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of
Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The
name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or
"tumbling" in flight.
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Note: Many of the species are brilliantly colored. The common
European species (Coracias garrula) has the head,
neck, and under parts light blue varied with green, the
scapulars chestnut brown, and the tail blue, green, and
black. The broad-billed rollers of India and Africa
belong to the genus Eurystomus, as the oriental
roller (Eurystomus orientalis), and the Australian
roller, or dollar bird (Eurystomus Pacificus). The
latter is dark brown on the head and neck, sea green on
the back, and bright blue on the throat, base of the
tail, and parts of the wings. It has a silvery-white
spot on the middle of each wing. The {lilac-breasted
roller} of Africa is Corcia caudata caudata, a
brightly colored bird of the family Corciidae having
malachite green, blue, purple-lilac, brown and
sea-green feathers from head to tail; it is a popular
sight with tourists in Africa.
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lilach
(gcide) | Lilac \Li"lac\ (l[imac]"lak), n. [Also lilach.] [Sp. lilac,
lila, Ar. l[imac]lak, fr. Per. l[imac]laj, l[imac]lanj,
l[imac]lang, n[imac]laj, n[imac]l, the indigo plant, or from
the kindred l[imac]lak bluish, the flowers being named from
the color. Cf. Anil.]
1. (Bot.) A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six
species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris,
the common lilac, and Syringa 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.
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2. A light purplish color like that of the flower of the
purplish lilac.
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California lilac (Bot.), a low shrub with dense clusters of
purplish flowers (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus).
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Lilacin
(gcide) | Lilacin \Lil"a*cin\ (l[i^]l"[.a]*s[i^]n), n. (Chem.)
See Syringin.
[1913 Webster]Syringin \Sy*rin"gin\, n. (Chem.)
A glucoside found in the bark of the lilac (Syringa) and
extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly
called also lilacin.
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lilacin
(gcide) | Lilacin \Lil"a*cin\ (l[i^]l"[.a]*s[i^]n), n. (Chem.)
See Syringin.
[1913 Webster]Syringin \Sy*rin"gin\, n. (Chem.)
A glucoside found in the bark of the lilac (Syringa) and
extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly
called also lilacin.
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blue-lilac
(wn) | blue-lilac
adj 1: of lavender tinged with blue [syn: blue-lilac, {bluish-
lilac}] |
bluish-lilac
(wn) | bluish-lilac
adj 1: of lavender tinged with blue [syn: blue-lilac, {bluish-
lilac}] |
common lilac
(wn) | common lilac
n 1: large European lilac naturalized in North America having
heart-shaped ovate leaves and large panicles of highly
fragrant lilac or white flowers [syn: common lilac,
Syringa vulgaris] |
himalayan lilac
(wn) | Himalayan lilac
n 1: robust upright shrub of mountains of northern India having
oblong-elliptic leaves and pale lilac or white malodorous
flowers [syn: Himalayan lilac, Syringa emodi] |
hungarian lilac
(wn) | Hungarian lilac
n 1: central European upright shrub having elliptic leaves and
upright clusters of lilac or deep violet flowers [syn:
Hungarian lilac, Syringa josikaea, Syringa josikea] |
japanese lilac
(wn) | Japanese lilac
n 1: lilac of northern China having ovate leaves and profuse
early summer rose-lilac flowers [syn: Japanese lilac,
Syringa villosa] |
japanese tree lilac
(wn) | Japanese tree lilac
n 1: small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and
creamy-white flowers [syn: Japanese tree lilac, {Syringa
reticulata}, Syringa amurensis japonica] |
lilac-blue
(wn) | lilac-blue
adj 1: of blue tinged with lavender [syn: lilac-blue, {violet-
blue}] |
lilac-colored
(wn) | lilac-colored
adj 1: of a pale purple color [syn: lavender, lilac, {lilac-
colored}] |
lilac-pink
(wn) | lilac-pink
adj 1: of pink tinged with lavender [syn: lilac-pink,
lavender-pink, violet-pink] |
lilac-purple
(wn) | lilac-purple
adj 1: of purple tinged with lilac |
persian lilac
(wn) | Persian lilac
n 1: tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and
small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern
United States as a shade tree [syn: chinaberry,
chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, {pride-
of-India}, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach,
Melia azedarach]
2: small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate
leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers [syn: {Persian
lilac}, Syringa persica] |
purple-lilac
(wn) | purple-lilac
adj 1: of lavender tinged with purple [syn: purple-lilac,
purplish-lilac] |
purplish-lilac
(wn) | purplish-lilac
adj 1: of lavender tinged with purple [syn: purple-lilac,
purplish-lilac] |
rose-lilac
(wn) | rose-lilac
adj 1: of lavender tinged with rose [syn: rose-lilac, {rose-
lavender}] |
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