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Muscari

Muscari

9.0
A small bulb plant with dense clusters of blue, bell-shaped flowers often called grape hyacinth
  • noun
  • /mʌsˈkɑri/
  • Specialized
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  • In early spring, the muscari bloomed, creating a stunning carpet of blue in the flowerbed.

Examples

  • Just planted (most likely buried) my tulip and muscari bulbs for the spring.

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  • The garden was filled with beautiful muscari, their blue flowers attracting many bees.

  • I love to add muscari to my landscaping because they are easy to care for and multiply each year.

Synonyms

grape hyacinth
vsMuscari
6.7

A small spring flower with clusters of blue, bell-shaped blooms like grapes

is the scientific genus name covering those bulbous perennial plants

Compounds

Liriope muscari
  • Specialized
9.9

A small evergreen plant with leaves like grass and purple flower clusters used as ground cover

Muscari comosum
  • Specialized
9.9

A Mediterranean spring flower with a blue-violet tassel of flowers above the seed-making flowers

Muscari neglectum
  • Specialized
9.7

A small spring flower with many deep blue bell-shaped blooms grown in gardens

Surface Forms

Muscari singular
Muscari plural

Etymology

Muscari comes from an old Greek word meaning 'musk' (muskos) because some of these small bulb flowers have a faint musky smell. So the name reminds you of the little, grape-like blue flowers often called grape hyacinths.