What does Persian lilac mean?
• PERSIAN LILAC (noun) The noun PERSIAN LILAC has 2 senses: 1. tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree 2. small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers Familiarity information: PERSIAN LILAC used as a noun is rare.