wild hyacinth

noun

1. any of several plants having usually blue flowers resembling those of a hyacinth, as Camassia scilloides, of the central U.S., or Triteleia hyacinthina, of western North America.

wild hyacinth

noun

1. another name for bluebell

Word History and Origins

Origin of wild hyacinth¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

Philip made all the haste that was compatible with gathering a handful of wild hyacinth and meadow narcissus for poor Maria.

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At last he saw a child of twelve years old, on a path overgrown with wild hyacinth.

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Of these I think the most remarkable was the wild hyacinth on account of its habit of growing on the tops of the old stone hedges.

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The name Wild Hyacinth is poor, as it does not resemble a hyacinth in character.

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The snowdrop, even the wild hyacinth, though it is much later, similarly limit their active life to a short period in spring.

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