Dictionary Entry

lilac

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈlaɪlək/Used In Literature ↓

A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink or purple flowers.

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Common Phrases

. lilacbushes lilacbush lilacflowers lilactree lilactime lilaclilac palelilac white

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Poetry examples for “lilac”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

My soul steals to a pear-shaped plot of ground,
Where gleamed the lilac-tinted Easter lily
Soft-scented in the air for yards around;

A moment’s fortunate delay,
To fit the little lilac glove,
Gave me her arm; and I and they

And blew the shadows o’er the Spire,
And toss’d the lilac’s scented plumes,
And sway’d the chestnut’s thousand cones,

Thy lowly cottage door
Under the lilac’s tremulous leaves—
Within thy snowy claspeèd hand

And blest the aureate face of Mars.
All night a lilac splendor throve
Above the heaven's shadowy verge;

The blazing rapiers of the sun are flashed,
As he fences the lilac lights of the sky,
And drives them up where the ice of the melting moon

A bird in the lilac bushes
Began to sing.

Blue, green, blue,
Lilac, pink, blue,
From their padded hangers;

Blue, green, blue,
Lilac, pink, blue,
From their padded hangers;

Prec. How slowly through the lilac-scented air
Descends the tranquil moon! Like thistle-down