a Eurasian shrub or small tree of the olive family, which has fragrant violet, pink, or white blossom and is a popular garden ornamental 丁香
Genus Syringa, family Oleaceae; several species, in particular the common lilac (S. vulgaris), with many cultivars 丁香属,木犀科,数种,尤其是欧洲丁香(拉丁名S. vulgaris),有很多栽培品种 ■[mass noun]a pale pinkish-violet colour 丁香紫,淡紫色
adjective
of a pale pinkish-violet colour 淡紫色的
语源
early 17th cent.: from obsolete French, via Spanish and Arabic from Persian līlak, variant of nīlak 'bluish', from nīl 'blue'