himalayan lilac

1. 1.

   robust upright shrub of mountains of northern India having oblong-elliptic leaves and pale lilac or white malodorous flowers

   SynonymsSyringa emodi

   Broaderlilac

Questions about himalayan lilac

What does himalayan lilac mean?

himalayan lilac means "robust upright shrub of mountains of northern India having oblong-elliptic leaves and pale lilac or white malodorous flowers".

What is another word for himalayan lilac?

Close synonyms include Syringa emodi. 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 himalayan lilac a common word?

himalayan 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.