Lexic.us

Definition of Persian lilac

1. Noun. Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree.

2. Noun. Small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Persian Lilac

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Literary usage of Persian lilac

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

1. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1900)
"At the same time the laciniate Persian lilac, fig. 114, the widest spread, the most vigorous, and the only naturally fertile one of the group, was submitted ..."

2. On Planting and Rural Ornament: A Practical Treatise by Marshall (William), Mr Marshall (1803)
"The Common Persian lilac; (or Persian Jasmine), The White Persian lilac, ... The Cut-leaved Persian lilac. lPl;ite Persian lilac will grow to the same ..."

3. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"It is to the former of these that the finest of the garden varieties owe their origin, although some of the hybrids between it and the Persian lilac are ..."

4. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"S. Pertica, Persian lilac, is a very distinct species, of much smaller size, rarely growing more than six feet high ; the branches are slender and straight, ..."

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