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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 li·lac /ˈlaɪˌlɑk, ˌlæk, lək/
 紫丁花,丁香花,淡紫色(a.)淡紫色的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Li·lac n. [Also lilach.]
 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.
 2. A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac.
 California lilac Bot., a low shrub with dense clusters of purplish flowers (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus).
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 lilac
      adj : of a pale purple color [syn: lavender]
      n : any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large
          panicles of usually fragrant flowers