NOUN
- small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers
- tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
How To Use Persian lilac In A Sentence
- The latter name (not to mention neem itself) has sometimes been confused with M. azedarach, a West Asian tree commonly known as Persian lilac, bakain, dharak, or chinaberry. 3 The Tree
- A tree commonly planted near wells and villages in the submontane tract is the _dhrek_ (Melia azedarach, N.O. Meliaceae), which is found as far west as Persia and is often called by English people the Persian lilac. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir
- In the same way we have laciniated leaves of the Persian lilac, _Syringa persica_, and Moquin mentions instances in a species of _Mercurialis_ in which the leaves were deeply slashed. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
- The trees that are said to have the worst litter are the Persian lilac and babul.
