hyacinth

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One talks of a hyacinth as of a flower; but a hyacinth is any number of flowers.

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  1. noun A bulbous Mediterranean plant (Hyacinthus orientalis) having narrow leaves and a terminal raceme of variously colored, usually fragrant flowers, with a funnel-shaped perianth. Also called jacinth.
  2. noun Any of several similar or related plants, such as the grape hyacinth.
  3. noun Greek Mythology A plant, perhaps the larkspur, gladiolus, or iris, that sprang from the blood of the slain Hyacinthus.

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  1. Latin hyacinthus, from Greek huakinthos, wild hyacinth.

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  1. In older English jacinth, jacint (see jacinth), from Old French hyacinthe, from Latin hyacinthus, from Greek ὑάκινθος, the hyacinth (a plant-name apparently comprehending the blue iris, the gladiolus, and the larkspur); also a precious stone of blue color (prob. not the modern hyacinth, but perhaps the sapphire); origin obscure; according to one conjecture, connected with ἴον(*#567ίον) = Latin vio-la, violet. Doublet jacinth, jacint.
 

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/ˈhaɪəsɪnθ/
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