Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun persian_lilac

2 senses of persian lilac

Sense 1
chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach -- (tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree)
       => tree -- (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Sense 2
Persian lilac, Syringa persica -- (small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers)
       => lilac -- (any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers)