[
UK
/lˈaɪlək/
]
[ US /ˈɫaɪˌɫæk/ ]
[ US /ˈɫaɪˌɫæk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- of a pale purple color
NOUN
- any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
How To Use lilac In A Sentence
- A dab of pale lilac or silver on the inner corner of the eye will make your eyes look whiter and brighter, giving an instant youth punch. The Sun
- The lilac is nice, and I’d go for it in green as well. Of Leaf Mould and Other Fashion Disasters « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog
- Forget lilac, mauve and lavender. Times, Sunday Times
- Backgrounds of boudoir pink, persimmon, lilac and aqua combine with the calligraphic grace of his fleshy figures in images of stylized elegance.
- Allium aflatunense (native to Iran) has dense spherical umbels of starry lilac-purple flowers (the puffball effect) on stems two to three feet tall.
- My pulmonarias have been lovely this year, clumps of frosted leaves and pink and lilac flowers throughout the garden hiding the dying foliage of snowdrops and mingling with forget-me-nots.
- Thousands of tulips, pansies and forget-me-nots, together with venerable lilacs, wisteria, spireas and deutzias (many from the 1930s Annette Hoyt Flanders renovation) dominate the spring show of flowers.
- The younger bridesmaids wore pale lilac shimmer satin dresses with cream embroidered bodices, and carried pomanders of lilac and cream flowers.
- Q WHY has my white lilac got purple flowers this year? The Sun
- I get the feeling that yellow and lilac are your favourite colours.