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grape hyacinth

noun

  1. any plant belonging to the genus Muscari, of the lily family, as M. botryoides, having globular, blue flowers resembling tiny grapes.


grape hyacinth

noun

  1. any of various Eurasian liliaceous plants of the genus Muscari, esp M. botryoides, with clusters of rounded blue flowers resembling tiny grapes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of grape hyacinth1

First recorded in 1725–35
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Example Sentences

The common Grape Hyacinth sometimes overruns a garden and cannot be got rid of.

The dark blue grape hyacinth stands calm in winds and bitter weather; waist-deep in snow, it proudly holds its ground.

The Grape Hyacinth is the favorite spring flower of my garden—but no!

We found it a field of Grape Hyacinth, blue of leaf, of stem, of flower.

With the dwarfer squills might be associated the grape hyacinth and the amethyst hyacinth (Hyacinthus amethystinus).

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