pine hyacinth
- noun
- US
:
jacinto de pino
- Gardeners admire the pine hyacinth for its delicate, purple-hued blossoms.
Examples
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The pine hyacinth adds a splash of color to Florida's woodlands every spring.
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Look at that pine hyacinth climbing up the trellis!
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During our hike, we spotted a rare pine hyacinth climbing along a tree trunk.
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The pine hyacinth blooms beautifully in spring.
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During our hike, we spotted a rare pine hyacinth climbing along a tree trunk.
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Gardeners admire the pine hyacinth for its delicate, purple-hued blossoms.
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The pine hyacinth adds a splash of color to Florida's woodlands every spring.
Synonyms
A flowering plant with pink to purple flowers that grows in Florida
A flowering plant that grows in Florida and has pink to purple flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
pine + hyacinth
A B1 learner who knows 'pine' (a conifer tree) and 'hyacinth' (a bulbous flowering plant) will infer this is a kind of plant—specifically a hyacinth somehow associated with 'pine'—so the phrase gives a clear botanical cue. However, the word refers to a specific climbing clematis rather than a literal pine-related hyacinth, so the exact taxonomic meaning is lexicalized and not fully predictable from the parts. This partial compositionality makes the expression semi-transparent.
Etymology
Pine hyacinth: The plant name pine hyacinth comes from the two words pine and hyacinth: pine because the plant often grows on or climbs pine trees, and hyacinth because its purple, bell-like flowers look like 'garden hyacinths'. So the name helps you remember it is a climbing plant with hyacinth-like blooms.
