1. Small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers
   - Syringa persica
    
2. Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
   "The Persian lilac trees provided welcome shade in the southern garden";
   - chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, pride-of-India, azedarach, Melia azedarach

Derived forms: Persian lilacs

Type of: lilac, tree

Part of: genus Melia, Melia

Encyclopedia: Persian lilac