wood hyacinth

noun

1. bluebell ( def 2 ).

wood hyacinth

noun

1. another name for bluebell

Word History and Origins

Origin of wood hyacinth¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Look much at the morning and evening sky, and much at simple flowers—dog-roses, wood hyacinths, violets, poppies, thistles, heather, and such like—as Nature arranges them in the woods and fields.

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"Dust of sapphire," writes my friend Dr. John Brown to me, of the wood hyacinths of Scotland in the spring.

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The foliage resembles that of the wood hyacinth, but it is more rigid, not so broad, and slightly glaucous.

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"My canary, and a run among the wood hyacinths."

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