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.

Origin of wild hyacinth

1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Words Nearby wild hyacinth

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How to use wild hyacinth in a sentence

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

    Deerbrook | Harriet Martineau
  • At last he saw a child of twelve years old, on a path overgrown with wild hyacinth.

    The Death of the Gods | Dmitri Mrejkowski
  • 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.

    The Land's End | W. H. Hudson
  • The name wild hyacinth is poor, as it does not resemble a hyacinth in character.

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

    Modern Geography | Marion I. Newbigin

British Dictionary definitions for wild hyacinth

wild hyacinth

noun
  1. another name for bluebell (def. 1)

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