noun
genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs
• Syn: ↑Syringa
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Oleaceae, ↑family Oleaceae, ↑olive family
• Member Meronyms: ↑lilac
Useful english dictionary. 2012.