They take a lilaceous hue, broken by gray and green lights; and as we draw yet nearer they prove dissimilar both in shape and tint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Years in the French West Indies] Reference

Its flowers are extremely small, but so numerous that in their blossoming season miles of fields are coloured by them a beautiful lilaceous blue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference

The sides of the valley were here nearly precipitous; but, as frequently happens with stratified rocks, small ledges projected, which were thickly covered by wild bananas, lilaceous plants, and other luxuriant productions of the tropics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter XVIII] Reference