wild hyacinth
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.
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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 MartineauAt last he saw a child of twelve years old, on a path overgrown with wild hyacinth.
The Death of the Gods | Dmitri MrejkowskiOf 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. HudsonThe name wild hyacinth is poor, as it does not resemble a hyacinth in character.
Field Book of Western Wild Flowers | Margaret ArmstrongThe 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
another name for bluebell (def. 1)
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