- 1[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
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- 2[uncountable] a pale purple color
a lilac dressSee lilac in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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