lilaceous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of lilaceous
Example Sentences
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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.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Hearn, Lafcadio
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.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles
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….
From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio
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