Lilac (disambiguation) explained

Lilac, Syringa, a genus of 12 currently recognized species of flowering woody plants in the olive family.

Lilac, Lilacs or The Lilacs may also refer to:

Botanical

• California lilac, several species of the genus Ceanothus
• Syringa vulgaris, the common lilac
• Indian lilac or Persian lilac, Melia azedarach
• Native lilac or lilac vine, Hardenbergia violacea
• New Zealand lilac, Veronica hulkeana
• Buddleja davidii, summer lilac
• Hesperis matronalis, summer lilac

Transport

• Lilac (train), a train service in Japan
• Line 5 (São Paulo Metro), a rapid transit line in Brazil
• USS Lilac (1863), a ship used by the Union Navy in the American Civil War
• USCGC Lilac (WAGL-227), a former US Coast Guard lighthouse tender built 1933
• Lilac, a line of motorcycles produced by Marusho

Arts and entertainment

• Lilacs (painting), a painting by Vincent Van Gogh
• Lilacs (Walker), a musical composition for soprano and orchestra by George Walker
• The Lilacs (band), an American 1990s band
• Lilac (The Early November album), 2019
• Lilac (IU album), 2021
  • "Lilac" (song), the title track of the album
• Sash Lilac, the protagonist of the video game Freedom Planet
• Lilac (film), a 1932 French crime drama film

Songs

• "Lilac" (song), by IU
• Lilac, by Nanaka Suwa from Color me PURPLE (2020)

Other uses

• Lilac (color), a light purple color typical of most lilac flowers
• Lilac (restaurant), a Michelin-starred restaurant in Tampa, Florida
• The Lilacs (Philadelphia), an 18th-century farmhouse in the United States
• Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), an online medicine and health sciences database
• LILAC, or Librarians' Information Literacy Conference, UK annual conference