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dariole (iou) and lilac (medicine)


dariole (iou)



dariole noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French.]
An individual sweet or savoury dish of various kinds; now spec. one made in a dariole mould. LME.
In full dariole mould. A small metal mould shaped like a flower-pot and used for making such a dish. M19.

lilac (medicine)


lilac


1. <botany> A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris, the common lilac, and S. Persica, the Persian lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and Beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British colonies various Other shrubs have this name.

2. A light purplish colour like that of the flower of the purplish lilac.

<botany> California lilac, a low shrub with dense clusters of purplish flowers (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus).

Origin: Sp. Lilac, lila, Ar.lilak, fr. Per. Lilaj, lilanj, lilang, nilaj, nil, the indigo plant, or from the kindred lilak bluish, the flowers being named from the colour. Cf. Anil.

Source: Websters Dictionary