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Meanings of lilac in English
Synonyms
Examples for "lavender"
Examples for "lavender"
1
One of the oils used in this study, for example, was lavender.
2
Aromatherapists have been telling us for years how good lavender oil is.
3
A large garden too, with grape arbors and a sea of lavender.
4
She wades knee-deep through the sea of lavender bushes in my gardens.
5
If you can get your hands on lavender, that's another good choice.
1
One of the women, with lilac-colored hair, whipped her head toward McClintock.
2
The most desirable are the bluish lilac-colored ones, with soft fur like sealskin.
3
However, all lilac-colored species do not form a monophyletic group.
4
I smilingly spread out the two pieces of lilac-colored papers, which so exactly fitted together.
5
On coming nearer they proved to be acres on acres thickly covered with beautiful lilac-colored flowers.
Usage of lilac in English
1
I live in the stone house this side of the lilac bushes.
2
They came in their wanderings to the seat under the lilac trees.
3
The lilac buds are bursting with the joy of the new spring.
4
Softly does it: 10 of the best lilac pieces - in pictures
5
Just look at that lilac pair; it will suit your dress admirably.
6
And the light danced on the snow-drifts with a misty lilac hue.
7
Then the colors soften and turn into amber and lilac and maroon.
8
Her eyes were fixed intently upon the blue space beyond the lilac.
9
The canyons of distant mountain showed deep and full of lilac haze.
10
The lilac bushes, not yet in flower, were giving forth spicy fragrance.
11
Together with lilac, it is set to be the colour in 1998.
12
About the middle of May the lovely, sweet-scenting lilac comes into bloom.
13
The lilac leaves had not finished twinkling and rustling when Val appeared.
14
He halted behind a lilac bush, and proceeded to watch and listen.
15
All the time there was a smell of lilac all round him.
16
A soft lilac colour set off the glint of her fair hair.
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Lilac through the time
Lilac across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common