˜yÐÄvlog

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lilaceous

[ lahy-ley-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. of or approaching the color lilac.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lilaceous1

First recorded in 1850–55; lilac + -eous
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Example Sentences

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The sides of the valley were here nearly precipitous, but, as frequently happens with stratified rocks, small ledges projected, which were thickly covered by wild bananas, lilaceous plants, and other luxuriant productions of the tropics.

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Its flowers are extremely small, but so numerous that in their blossoming season miles of fields are coloured by them a beautiful lilaceous blue.

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They take a lilaceous hue, broken by gray and green lights; and as we draw yet nearer they prove dissimilar both in shape and tint….

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