hyacinth
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- noun
- /ˈhaɪəsɪnθ/
:
jacinto
- Sweet peas and hyacinths because they smell so great.
I still have to plant the crocus and the sillas and hyacinths.
- I still have to plant the crocus and the sillas and hyacinths.
- He clamours to be along with the hyacinths, tulips and orchids gathered and carried to portal adornment.
- She types her number into my right palm and the boys go wild, stain the floor with handfuls of hyacinth petals They cast as if aspiration into the soft black air.
Examples
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She arranged the hyacinths with other spring flowers to create a beautiful centerpiece.
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My mom said Rudy's curls reminded her of these red flowers she grows from bulbs every spring, hyacinths?
Fiction book (1997) -
Three purple hyacinths down here, which will bring a nice layer of height.
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She'd have flowers in vases, hyacinths, making the room smell.
Fiction book (1995) -
Community members, however, were resourceful enough to convert the stalks of these water hyacinth into material that looked like leather when a shiny coat was applied to it.
Academic text (2016) -
The shop is in the middle of the block, its doorway flanked by pots of daffodils and hyacinths.
Fiction book (1996) -
Sarah's room smelled of hyacinths and was bright with daffodils and tulips.
Fiction book (1992) -
And now, without further ado, roses, hyacinths, lilacs and bluebells - make up our first fashion bouquet.
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In spring, vibrant hyacinths bloom, filling the garden with their sweet fragrance.
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The garden was alive with colors as the hyacinths painted the landscape in shades of blue and purple.
Synonyms
A garden flower grown for its strong smell and dense bell shaped blooms in white, pink or blue
A plant with a bulb that makes sweet-smelling pink, blue, white, or purple flowers in spring
A garden flower that grows several loose, delicate flower spikes from one bulb
Compounds
- South African
A small plant with white, bell-shaped flowers that grows in the Cape region of South Africa
- Specialized
A small garden plant with clusters of dark blue bell-shaped flowers
A plant with a bulb that makes sweet-smelling pink, blue, white, or purple flowers in spring
- South African
A plant from southern Africa with white bell-shaped flowers grown in gardens
- Specialized
A Mediterranean plant with a top group of blue-violet flowers above other flowers
A floating plant with thick leaves and blue or purple flowers that grows fast and blocks rivers
A small plant that grows in woods with blue, pink, or white flowers shaped like bells
How Fragrant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hyacinth for the spring flower comes from the Greek name Hyakinthos, a young man in a myth who was turned into a beautiful flower. So the plant's name keeps that story and explains why we use the same word for the bright, often blue or purple, spring blooms.