Persian lilac

noun

1

a

: chinaberry sense 2

b

: a showy Asiatic shrub (Syringa persica) cultivated for its terminal panicles of fragrant lilac-colored flowers

2

or persian lilac : a dark purplish pink that is redder than clover pink and bluer and stronger than rhodonite pink

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