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JAPANESE TREE LILAC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese tree lilac mean?
• JAPANESE TREE LILAC (noun)
The noun JAPANESE TREE LILAC has 1 sense:
1. small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers
Familiarity information: JAPANESE TREE LILAC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Japanese tree lilac; Syringa amurensis japonica; Syringa reticulata
Hypernyms ("Japanese tree lilac" is a kind of...):
lilac (any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers)
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