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- a Eurasian shrub or small tree of the olive family, which has fragrant violet, pink, or white blossom and is a popular garden ornamental丁香。
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- Genus Syringa, family Oleaceae; several species, in particular the common lilac (S. vulgaris), with many cultivars.丁香属, 木犀科, 数种, 尤其是欧洲丁香（拉丁名S. vulgaris）, 有很多栽培品种。
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- mass noun a pale pinkish-violet colour丁香紫, 淡紫色。
- of a pale pinkish-violet colour淡紫色的。
词源
early 17th cent.: from obsolete French， via Spanish and Arabic from Persian līlak, variant of nīlak 'bluish'， from nīl 'blue'.