hyacinth

• 'The vast green carpet of the hyacinth is impairing the quality of water,' he said. —  India eNews
• The spread of water hyacinth has been a worry as the weed doubles it's size every seven days and has been threatening to block the river in a number of areas. —  News24
• A good illustration of this is afforded by the feather-hyacinth, Hyacinthus comosus_, in which the flowers are almost entirely suppressed, while the pedicels are inordinately increased in number, and their colour heightened. —  Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
• In the feather-hyacinth, Muscari comosum_, var., monstrosum_, the absence of flowers is compensated for by the inordinate formation of brightly coloured threads which appear to be modified pedicels (see pp. 347, 348); so also in the wig plant, Rhus Cotinus_. —  Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
• Styrolene has an odour very much resembling hyacinth, and probably forms the basis of most of these preparations, together with terpineol, and other artificial bodies. —  The Handbook of Soap Manufacture

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