lilac
noun /ˈlaɪlək/
/ˈlaɪlək/
- [uncountable, countable] a bush or small tree with purple or white flowers with a sweet smell that grow closely together in the shape of a cone
Topics Plants and treesc2丁香 - [uncountable] a pale purple colour
Topics Colours and Shapesc2淡紫色;丁香紫
词源early 17th cent.: from obsolete French, via Spanish and Arabic from Persian līlak, variant of nīlak ‘bluish’, from nīl ‘blue’.