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Lilac vs Hypocraterimorphous - What's the difference?

lilac | hypocraterimorphous |

As adjectives the difference between lilac and hypocraterimorphous

is that lilac is (colour) having a pale purple colour while hypocraterimorphous is (botany) shaped like a salver; having a slender tube that sharply expands into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and the lilac.

As a noun lilac

is a large shrub of the genus syringa , bearing white, pale pink or purple flowers.

lilac

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large shrub of the genus Syringa , bearing white, pale pink or purple flowers.
  • *
  • *:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  • A flower of the lilac shrub.
  • A pale purple colour, the colour of some lilac flowers.
  • :

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colour) having a pale purple colour.

    • See also

    * syringa * bunchflower *

    Derived terms

    * lilacky

    Anagrams

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    hypocraterimorphous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany) Shaped like a salver; having a slender tube that sharply expands into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and the lilac.
    • (Webster 1913)