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Adjective lilac has 1 sense

lavender, lilac - of a pale purple color
Antonym: achromatic (indirect, via chromatic)

Noun lilac has 1 sense

lilac - any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
--₁ is a kind of shrub, bush
--₁ is a member of Syringa, genus Syringa
--₁ has particulars:

Himalayan lilac, Syringa emodi; Hungarian lilac, Syringa josikaea, Syringa josikea; Persian lilac, Syringa persica; Japanese tree lilac, Syringa reticulata, Syringa amurensis japonica; Japanese lilac, Syringa villosa; common lilac, Syringa vulgaris