- [uncountable, countable]
a bush or small tree with purple or white flowers with a sweet smell that grow closely together in the shape of a cone 丁香 - [uncountable]
a pale purple colour 淡紫色；丁香紫
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from obsolete French, via Spanish and Arabic from Persian līlak, variant of nīlak ‘bluish’, from nīl ‘blue’.