common lilac

1. 1.

   large European lilac naturalized in North America having heart-shaped ovate leaves and large panicles of highly fragrant lilac or white flowers

   SynonymsSyringa vulgaris

   Broaderlilac

Questions about common lilac

What does common lilac mean?

common lilac means "large European lilac naturalized in North America having heart-shaped ovate leaves and large panicles of highly fragrant lilac or white flowers".

What is another word for common lilac?

Close synonyms include Syringa vulgaris. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common lilac a common word?

common lilac is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.