Usually means: Fragrant flowering shrub, purple blooms.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word lilac:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. lilac: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lilac: Merriam-Webster
  3. lilac: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lilac: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lilac: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lilac: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lilac, lilac: Wordnik
  8. lilac: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lilac: Wiktionary
  10. lilac: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lilac: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lilac: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Lilac, lilac: Dictionary.com
  14. lilac: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. lilac: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. LILAC, Lilac (album), Lilac (color), Lilac (disambiguation), Lilac (train), Lilac: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Lilac: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. lilac: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. lilac: Rhymezone
  20. Lilac: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. lilac: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. lilac: FreeDictionary.org
  23. lilac: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. lilac: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lilac: Cook's Thesaurus

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lilac: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Allergy Glossary (No longer online)
  3. lilac: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. LILAC: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lilac: Botanical Name listing of Plants

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. lilac, lilac: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Lilac: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.
noun:  A flower of the lilac shrub.
noun:  A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.
noun:  A cat having a lilac-colored (pale brown) coat.
adjective:  Having a pale purple colour.
adjective:  Of a cat or its fur: having a pale brown colour, lighter than chocolate.
noun:  A female given name from English.

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