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单词 hyacinth
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hyacinthn.

Brit. /ˈhʌɪəsɪnθ/, U.S. /ˈhaɪəˌsɪnθ/
Forms: Also 1500s hiacinthe, hyacint, 1500s–1600s hiacynth, hyacinthe, 1600s hiacint; see also jacinth n.
Etymology: Ultimately < Greek ὑάκινθος hyacinth (flower and gem), of unknown origin, explained in Greek myth as the name of a youth beloved by Apollo: see sense 2. The earliest forms in English were jacincte , jacynct , jacynth , < Old French jacincte , modern French jacinthe (see jacinth n.); the more classical form (after Latin hyacinthus) was introduced in the 16th cent. (so also French hyacinthe, now antiquated, according to Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). In modern usage the gem is called jacinth and hyacinth, but the latter is the exclusive form for the flower.
1. A precious stone.
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a. Rendering or representing Greek ὑάκινθος, Latin hyacinthus, ancient name of a precious stone of a blue colour, probably the sapphire.
b. In modern use, a reddish-orange variety of zircon; also applied to varieties of garnet and topaz of similar colour.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > zircon > [noun]
jargon1769
zircon1794
zirconite1806
hyacinth1879
Matura diamond1886
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > nesosilicates > [noun] > zircon group > zircon
jargon1769
zircon1794
zirconite1806
Matara diamond1807
malacon1854
hyacinth1879
lavenite1886
c1230 Hali Meid. 43 & tah is betere a briht iacinct þen a charbucle won.]
1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Dvjv Rubines, Hiacinthes, Saphyres, Topases.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. ii. sig. D3 Dishes of Agat, set in Gold, and studded With Emeralds, Saphires, Hjacinths, and Rubies. View more context for this quotation
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Confection of Hyacinth, is a thin cordial Electuary, compos'd of divers Kinds of precious Stones, particularly of that whose Denomination it bears.
1782–3 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 1 709 A stone, through which many beautiful hyacinths are..dispersed.
1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §207. 199 Claudian describes the court dress of Honorius as sparkling with amethysts and hyacinths.
1879 H. E. Roscoe & C. Schorlemmer Treat. Chem. II. ii. 267 Zircon and hyacinth possess the formula ZrSiO4.
c. Heraldry. In blazoning by precious stones, the name for the colour tenné or tawny.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [noun] > colour > tawny
tenné1562
jacinth1572
hyacinth1704
dragon's head1706
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. ii. 12/2 Jacynthe.]
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Tenny or Tawney, the Heralds term for a bright Colour, made of Red and Yellow mixed;..in the Coats..of nobles 'tis called Hyacinth.
d. A blue or purple fabric: = jacinth n. 1c. Obsolete.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric of specific colour > [noun] > purple or blue
purpureeOE
violet1380
jacinth1382
bluec1390
watchetc1405
celestinec1430
celestrine1435
turkin1483
hyacinth1610
London blue1633
mazarine1694
1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ecclus. xlv. 12 An holie robe, of gold: and hyacinthe [1388 Wyclif iacynct], and purple.
2. A plant.
a. Rendering or representing Greek ὑάκινθος, Latin hyacinthus, a name among the ancients for some flower; according to Ovid a deep red or ‘purple’ lily (? Lilium Martagon), but variously taken by authors as a gladiolus, iris, or larkspur. (See Bubani Flora Virgil. 63.) Now historical or poetic.In ancient mythology the flower is said to have sprung up from the blood of the slain youth Hyacinthus, and the ancients thought they could decipher on the petals the letters AI, or AIAI, exclamation of grief (cf. Moschus iii. 6, Ovid. Met. x. 211). Hence many literary allusions; also Linnæus's specific name for the Wild Hyacinth or Bluebell, Hyacinthus non-scriptus.
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xliii. 202 Of the redde Lillie Ouide wryteth this, that it came of the bloud of the Boy Hyacinthus..And for a perpetuall memorie of the Boy Hyacinthus, Apollo named these floures Hyacinthes.
1595 S. Daniel Sonn. xxxiv You are changed, but not t' a hyacint; I fear your eye hath turned your heart to flint.
1613 W. Drummond Teares Death Meliades O Hyacinthes for ay your ai keepe still, Nay, with moe markes of woe your leaues now fill.
1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. 257 The hyacinth, on whose petals the notes of grief were traced.
b. In modern use, the English name of the genus Hyacinthus (family Liliaceæ), consisting of bulbous plants with bell-shaped six-parted flowers, of various colours, usually drooping, arranged in a loose upright spike; esp. H. orientalis, a native of the Levant, of which numerous varieties are cultivated for the beauty and fragrance of their flowers. Also applied, with or without qualification, to various allied plants of similar habit, as species of Scilla, Muscari, etc. Californian hyacinth n. the genus Brodiæa. Cape hyacinth n. a plant of the genus Galtonia, esp. G. candicans. feathered hyacinth n. Muscari comosum monstrosum. grape hyacinth n. the genus Muscari, esp. M. botryoides. lily hyacinth n. Scilla Lilio-Hyacinthus. Missouri hyacinth n. the genera Brodiæa and Hesperoscordum ( Hesperanthus). Peruvian hyacinth n. Scilla peruviana. Roman hyacinth n. an early-flowering variety, bred from Hyacinthus orientalis var. albulus. star hyacinth n. Scilla amœna. starch hyacinth n. Muscari racemosum. tassel hyacinth n. Muscari comosum. water hyacinth n. a name of Pontederia crassipes, a water plant of Florida, etc., with clusters of light-blue or violet flowers. wild hyacinth n., wood hyacinth n. (of Britain); Scilla nutans (= bluebell n. 2); (of North America), Scilla (or Camassia) Fraseri. (See Treasury Bot. and Miller Plant-n.)
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > names applied to various flowers
heliotropec1000
flower jaunette1423
helichrysum1551
sunflower1562
Armeria1578
hyacinth1578
pimpernel1578
vaccin1589
heliochryse1593
purple1604
sunflower1622
mayflower1626
starflower1629
bluebottle1648
pink1731
trumpet-flower1732
fly-wort1753
witches' thimbles1820
honey plant1824
black-eyed Susan1836
shell-flower1845
pincushion1847
pincushion flower1856
nightingale1862
garland-flower1866
paper-white1880
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > hyacinth and allied flowers
jacinthine1513
jacinth1567
hyacinth1578
field-star of Bethlehem1812
Roman hyacinth?1877
Roman1881
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > bluebell and allied flowers > bluebell or wild hyacinth
harebell1387
crow-leekc1450
wild hyacinth1578
lily hyacinth1597
lily jacinth1597
culverkeysa1609
crow-bellsa1697
bluebell1755
wood hyacinth1897
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > other aquatic plants
sea-purslane1548
frog-bit1578
heartwort1578
milkwort1578
water dragon1578
water-liverwort1578
water milfoil1578
water milfoil1578
water radish1578
arrowhead1597
saltwort1597
water archer1597
calla1601
water-rocket1605
sea rocket1611
water archer1617
water chickweed1633
water purslane1633
arsesmart1640
water hyssop1653
water thyme1655
water serpent1659
Myriophyllum1754
least water plantain1756
mud-weed1756
Thalia1756
water-leaf1756
marsh liverwort1760
bastard plantain1762
wool-weed1765
Ruppia1770
goat's foot1773
pipewort1776
blinking chickweed1777
mudwort1789
arrowleaf1805
water-target1814
water willow1814
felwort1816
water shield1817
mermaid weed1822
mud plantain1822
hydrilla1824
blinks1835
crystalwort1846
naiad1846
waterwort1846
arrow weed1848
willow-thorn1857
lattice leaf1866
marsh flower1866
bonnet1869
lattice plant1877
sea-ash1884
alligator weed1887
water parsley1891
water hyacinth1897
lirio1926
neverwet1927
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > of Africa
ghap1819
Streptocarpus1828
pineapple flower1884
African violet1895
saintpaulia1895
Cape hyacinth1924
bottle tree1931
desert rose1942
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xlviii. 205 There be two sortes of Hyacinthes, yet ouer and aboue diuers others whiche are also counted Hyacinthes.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xlviii. 206 In Englishe also Hyacinthe or Crowtoes.
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole xi. 126 The Starry Iacinth of Peru, being thought to have grown in Peru, a Province of the West Indies, but he that gave that name first unto it, eyther knew not his naturall place, or willingly imposed that name, to conceale it, or to make it the better esteemed.]
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 63 in Sylva Tuberous Iris, Hyacinth Zeboin.
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 250 In the ditches by the wayside, I observed growing wild..the lesser Grape Hyacinth, and Hepatica.
a1678 T. Hanmer Garden Bk. (1933) 36 The Branch'd Hyacinths of Peru,..very rare here.
1728 J. Thomson Spring 27 Nor Hyacinths are wanting, nor Junquils Of potent Fragrance.
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Hyacinthus The Hyacinth of Peru may also be rais'd from Seeds in the same manner as the common Hyacinths.
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Hyacinthus Another Hyacinth..is now preserved in curious Collections of Exotick Plants; it was originally brought from the Cape of Good Hope.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 278 Beds of Ranunculus, Hyacinth, and Anemonies.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 315 Hyacinth, Peruvian, Scilla.
1820 P. B. Shelley Sensitive Plant in Prometheus Unbound 158 The hyacinth purple, and white, and blue, Which flung from its bells a sweet peal anew.
1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend iv. 170 A delicious fragrance..as of hyacinths.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 245 Sheets of hyacinth That seem'd the heavens upbreaking thro' the earth.
?1877 D. T. Fish Bulbs & Bulb Culture 49 There are also Roman hyacinths, of which very little indeed seems to be known, excepting that they are early, sweet, and delicate.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 420/1 The Cape hyacinth is Scilla corymbosa.
1882 Garden 11 Feb. 90/1 Spare bulbs of Grape Hyacinths..might be naturalised in the Grass.
1897 Daily News 30 June 8/1 Sir Herbert Maxwell objects to the southron use of the name bluebells, as applied to the flowers that he prefers to call wood hyacinths.
1897 H. J. Webber in Bulletin U.S. Dep. Agric., Bot. No. 18 (title) The Water Hyacinth, and its relation to navigation in Florida.
1911 J. Weathers Bulb Bk. 282/1 There is a blue Roman Hyacinth that flowers somewhat later than the white form.
1917 Standard Cycl. Hort. VI. 3117/2 [Scilla] Peruviana... Cuban Lily. Peruvian Jacinth. Hyacinth of Peru.
1917 Standard Cycl. Hort. VI. 3118/1 The Hyacinth of Peru is not hardy in Mass[achusetts].
1924 J. Weathers My Garden Bk. xx. 348/1 Galtonia (after the S. African explorer, Francis Galton). Cape Hyacinth.
1936 T. S. Eliot Coll. Poems 109 Lord, the Roman hyacinths are blooming in bowls.
1956 A. M. Coats Flowers & their Hist. i. 122 The Spire Lily or Cape Hyacinth..is on the other hand not a true hyacinth, although closely related to the family; it has therefore been renamed Galtonia candicans.
1961 P. M. Synge Collins Guide to Bulbs 162 The Roman Hyacinths tend to flower among the earliest and the spikes are rather looser and more delicate.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 420/1 The earliest of the hyacinths,..the white Roman hyacinth.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 420/1 The earliest of the hyacinths,..the white Roman hyacinth.
c. figurative (plural). Hyacinthine locks. (See hyacinthine adj. 1.)
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the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > golden
Goldilocks1566
hyacinth1772
1772 W. Jones Poems 1 The fragrant hyacinths of Azza's hair.
d. A purplish blue colour resembling that of a common variety of the flower (see 2b).
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > purplish blue
lavender-blue1794
lavender1882
hyacinth1891
pansy1891
wistaria1911
1891 Daily News 24 Feb. 5/8 The new spring colour is called ‘hyacinth’ and is exactly that of the purple-blue hyacinth.
3.
a. A bird; a kind of water-hen with purple plumage, as the genera Ionornis and Porphyrio.
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1855 Poultry Chron. 3 9/1 Those pretty spangled Toys..known by various names, as Porcelains, Hyacinths, Ermines, &c.
b. A variety of pigeon, characterized by its blue-black colour and white markings.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types
porcelainc1530
turn-pate1611
light horseman1661
runt1661
smiter1668
helmet1676
mammet1678
Cortbeck1688
turbit1688
turner1688
dragoon1725
finicking1725
Leghorn1725
nun1725
owl1725
petit1725
trumpeter1725
horseman1735
Mahomet1735
barbel1736
turn-tail1736
frill-back1765
blue rock1825
beard1826
ice pigeon1829
toy1831
black1839
skinnum1839
splash1851
whole-feather1851
spangle1854
swallow1854
shield1855
stork pigeon1855
Swabian1855
yellow1855
archangel1867
dragon1867
starling1867
magpie1868
smerle1869
bluette1870
cumulet1876
oriental1876
spot fairy1876
turbiteen1876
blondinette1879
hyacinth1879
Modena pigeon1879
silver-dun1879
silverette1879
silver-mealy1879
swift pigeon1879
Victoria1879
visor1879
ice1881
swallow pigeon1881
velvet fairy1881
priesta1889
frill1890
1879 L. Wright Pract. Pigeon Keeper 208 Victorias are simply Hyacinths of a lighter shade.
1935 R. Mannering Lyell's Pigeon-keeping for Amateurs (ed. 4) 107 The Hyacinth is among those breeds which do not reveal their true colouration and markings until after the first moult.
1965 W. M. Levi Encycl. Pigeon Breeds 189 The Hyacinth appears to have much in common with the Suabian, and they are probably related.

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C1. as hyacinth-like adj.
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1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 51 Delicate white blossoms..arranged in a hyacinth-like form.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Oct. 11/1 In 1730 the hyacinth trade experienced its greatest prosperity.
C2. esp. in reference to the reddish-orange colour of the gem ( 1b), or the blue or purple colour of the flower ( 2).
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > orange > [adjective] > reddish orange
red-orange1678
hyacinth1694
the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > purplish blue
hyacinthine1656
violaceous1657
violaceana1711
lilac-blue1851
hyacinthian1858
hyacinth1876
lavender1882
violet blue1882
1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 481/2 The Odoriferous yellow or Hyacinth Oil.
1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 29 Hyacinth red—high red with a shade of brown.
1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City x. 299 The hyacinth-hued hills.
1898 Daily News 9 Apr. 6/3 The favourite colour..the hyacinth blue, so called by the milliners, notwithstanding the fact that it is more mauve than blue.
C3.
hyacinth-glass n. a glass vessel for the water-culture of a hyacinth-bulb.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > flower-pot or tub > specialized types
sixteen1802
sixty1802
twelve1802
sices1824
hyacinth-glass1836
strawberry pot1946
ring1953
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 141 The hyacinth-glasses in the parlour window.
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hyacinth-stone n. = sense 1.
a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 61 A price less hyacinth-stone.
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