Definition of Japanese tree lilac

1. Noun. Small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers.

Exact synonyms: Syringa Amurensis Japonica, Syringa Reticulata
Generic synonyms: Lilac

Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese Tree Lilac

Japanese quince
Japanese radish
Japanese red pine
Japanese river fever
Japanese rose
Japanese sea lion
Japanese slipper
Japanese snowbell
Japanese spaniel
Japanese spitz
Japanese spitzes
Japanese spurge
Japanese stranglehold
Japanese sumac
Japanese table pine
Japanese tree lilac (current term)
Japanese umbrella pine
Japanese varnish tree
Japanese wistaria
Japanese yew
Japanese yews
Japaneseness
Japanesey
Japanglish
Japanification
Japanimation
Japanimations
Japanism
Japanisms
Japano-

Literary usage of Japanese tree lilac

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1906)
"The best is the Japanese tree lilac (Syringa Japonica) of which we think a great deal. It blooms three weeks after the common lilac is gone. ..."

2. Farm and School Problems for High Schools and Normals by Henry Louis Goll (1915)
"Height. Althea August and September. California Privet Any height, 1 to 15 ft. Lilac May 5 to 10 feet. Japanese tree lilac July Full growth, 30 feet. ..."

3. The White House Garden by William Seale, Erik Kvalsvik (1995)
"Elsewhere on the South Grounds (opposite), an American cork tree shares the lawn with an old Japanese tree lilac planted before 1900. years, and the square ..."

4. Pages from a Garden Note-book by Francis King (1921)
"The Japanese tree-lilac, the two climbing hydrangeas, and a new magnolia were among the plants thus introduced. Four years later from Peking came the first ..."

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