Lilac

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"n. A shrub of the genus Syringa. See Syringa.

n. The color of the common lilac-blossom; a pale-purple color. A color-disk composed of one half artificial ultramarine, one sixth Chinese vermilion, and one third white will give a lilac.

Of the light-purple color of the flower of the common lilac.

n. A fanciers' name for a peculiar bluish-gray color shown in the coats of some domesticated mice."

-- Century Dictionary