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hyacinth

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1. hyacinth - Noun

2. Hyacinth - Proper noun

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A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. H. orientalis is a common variety.

A plant of the genus Camassia (C. Farseri), called also Eastern camass; wild hyacinth.

The name also given to Scilla Peruviana, a Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from a mistake as to its origin, Hyacinth of Peru.

A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See Zircon.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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down from his brow she ran his curls like thick hyacinth clusters full of blooms. Homer

I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hyacinth the Garden wears Dropt in her Lap from some once lovely Head. Omar Khayyám

One of the first drawings I did in Paris - I wasn't thinking of doing drawings, but somehow or other, I kept drawing - I bought a hyacinth flower with a lot of leaves, just to make me feel like spring. Ellsworth Kelly

Mother,” Hyacinth said with a great show of solicitude, "you know I love you dearly-” "Why is it,” Violet pondered, "that I have come to expect nothing good when I hear a sentence beginning in that manner? Julia Quinn

After, Hyacinth is reunited with her nephew Geordi. Source: Internet

Bishop of the Catholic Diocese, Bomadi, Delta state, Most Rev. Hyacinth Egbebo, categorically stated: “I do not subscribe to the idea of scrapping the NDDC and I do not know the people suggesting it.” Source: Internet

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