Definitions

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  • adjective of blue tinged with lavender

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Examples

  • ‘Alba’ bears white flowers and ‘Prolific’ will yield an abundance of lilac-blue or pale lilac-blue flowers.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • ‘Alba’ bears white flowers and ‘Prolific’ will yield an abundance of lilac-blue or pale lilac-blue flowers.

    Stylish Climbers' with wonderful Wisteria Thatsnews 2008

  • Sandy's bedroom was small, about eleven feet square, painted a pretty lilac-blue with white trim.

    The 5th Horseman Patterson, James, 1947- 2006

  • Sandy's bedroom was small, about eleven feet square, painted a pretty lilac-blue with white trim.

    The 5th Horseman Patterson, James, 1947- 2006

  • I drop my speed to 15, then 10 mph and move in slow motion through tunnels of lilac-blue.

    Jacaranda. | Mind on Fire 2004

  • The news is likely to thrill residents of Pretoria, long known as the "Jacaranda City" after the thousands of trees that herald the arrival of summer in the capital each year with their vivid display of lilac-blue blossoms.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • The flowers are small, and their colour is a pale lilac-blue with a bright yellow spot in the centre.

    Wildflowers of the Farm Arthur Owens Cooke

  • Growing on the hedgebank at the side of the field is a pretty lilac-blue flower on a long bare stalk.

    Wildflowers of the Farm Arthur Owens Cooke

  • Its square, prostrate stems, which readily take root at the nodes, bear roundish-oval, grayish-green, slightly hairy leaves and small lilac-blue flowers in whorled clusters of ten or

    Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses M. G. Kains

  • North America, he divined eyes of a soft lilac-blue.

    The Gay Rebellion Edmund Frederick 1899

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  • First lavender-pink, now lilac-blue. (Random word searches are creepy sometimes).

    February 11, 2016