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单词 hyacinth
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Definition of hyacinth in English:

hyacinth

noun ˈhʌɪəsɪnθˈhaɪəˌsɪnθ
  • 1A bulbous plant of the lily family, with straplike leaves and a compact spike of bell-shaped fragrant flowers. Native to western Asia, hyacinths are cultivated outdoors and as houseplants.

    Genus Hyacinthus, family Liliaceae: several species, in particular H. orientalis, from which the large-flowered cultivars are derived

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Fall is the season to plant trees, turf grasses and spring-blooming flower bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and crocuses.
    • While daffodils and hyacinths have their fans, tulips are, by far, the most popular flower.
    • Indoor gardeners, by and large, prefer their hyacinths full-blossomed and deliciously fragrant.
    • In Europe, winter holiday parties are resplendent with fragrant hyacinths.
    • It was a work of art, four feet in diameter comprised of orchids, lilies of the valley, hyacinths, arum lilies and white carnations.
    • You can start entirely new plants from pieces of daylilies, tulips, hyacinths, and other beauties for next to nothing.
    • Later blooming hyacinths and tulips can be planted anytime before the ground freezes.
    • For example, early-flowering hyacinths offer a heady and fragrant choice for planting in containers along walkways and at entrances.
    • Remember that some bulbs such as tulips and hyacinths do not always come back strongly in subsequent years.
    • Daffodils, hyacinths, crocus and other popular spring bulb flowers are also widely available now.
    • Fall is the time to plant the tulips, daffodils and hyacinths that bloom in the spring.
    • Crocuses, daffodils, other narcissi, tulips, and hyacinths are just where the choices begin.
    • Other fun bulbs for easy forcing include colorful hyacinths, crocuses and narcissi.
    • It is the season to plant flowering bulbs such as tulips, narcissi, crocuses and hyacinths.
    • The specially treated multiflora hyacinths are also beautiful when naturalized and can provide long-lasting color.
    • Plant out bowls of hyacinths and daffodils that have finished flowering in the house, before they dry out.
    • Combine the pleasures of both with holiday red amaryllis and pristine white tulips and fragrant hyacinths.
    • The miracle of spring flowers such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and lilies is even more astounding when one realizes how they reach the bloom stage each year.
    • Spring-flowering bulbs such as tulips, crocuses, hyacinths, daffodils, and irises are universal symbols of spring.
    • Spring brings more than half a million blooming bulbs, including daffodils, hyacinths, and tulips.
    1. 1.1mass noun A light purplish-blue colour typical of some hyacinth flowers.
      as modifier the Queen Mother was wearing hyacinth blue
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Given over entirely to a celebration of painting, it is more or less bisected at a diagonal of golden russet dappling on a field of hyacinth blue, and suffused with ambient light.
      • Colour is inspired by spring flowers - daffodil yellow, light green, lilac and hyacinth blues or blossom pinks.
  • 2

    another term for jacinth
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Lighter colored crystals have been referred to as hyacinth or jacinth stones.
    • Tin, amethyst, the sapphire, the smarage or emerald, hyacinth, topaz, crystal, bezoar, marble, and that which in England we call freestone.

Derivatives

  • hyacinthine

  • adjective hʌɪəˈsɪnθiːnhʌɪəˈsɪnθʌɪn
    • 1Of the light purplish-blue colour typical of some hyacinth flowers.

      the delicate hyacinthine tints of the sky
      1. 1.1literary (of hair) golden-coloured.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To the left walks Edwin, with hyacinthine locks, and a thoroughly classical type of face, and Grecian nose.
      • Last month, the township acquired an art-gallery overlooking a hyacinthine lily-pond.
      • hyacinthine locks

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting a gem): from French hyacinthe, via Latin from Greek huakinthos, denoting a plant identified with the flower in the myth of Hyacinthus, and a gem (perhaps the sapphire). The current sense dates from the late 16th century.

 
 

Definition of hyacinth in US English:

hyacinth

nounˈhīəˌsinTHˈhaɪəˌsɪnθ
  • 1A bulbous plant of the lily family, with straplike leaves and a compact spike of bell-shaped fragrant flowers. Native to western Asia, hyacinths are cultivated outdoors and as houseplants.

    Genus Hyacinthus, family Liliaceae: several species, in particular H. orientalis, from which the common large-flowered cultivars are derived

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Combine the pleasures of both with holiday red amaryllis and pristine white tulips and fragrant hyacinths.
    • Plant out bowls of hyacinths and daffodils that have finished flowering in the house, before they dry out.
    • It was a work of art, four feet in diameter comprised of orchids, lilies of the valley, hyacinths, arum lilies and white carnations.
    • Daffodils, hyacinths, crocus and other popular spring bulb flowers are also widely available now.
    • Crocuses, daffodils, other narcissi, tulips, and hyacinths are just where the choices begin.
    • For example, early-flowering hyacinths offer a heady and fragrant choice for planting in containers along walkways and at entrances.
    • You can start entirely new plants from pieces of daylilies, tulips, hyacinths, and other beauties for next to nothing.
    • The specially treated multiflora hyacinths are also beautiful when naturalized and can provide long-lasting color.
    • The miracle of spring flowers such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and lilies is even more astounding when one realizes how they reach the bloom stage each year.
    • Later blooming hyacinths and tulips can be planted anytime before the ground freezes.
    • Indoor gardeners, by and large, prefer their hyacinths full-blossomed and deliciously fragrant.
    • Spring brings more than half a million blooming bulbs, including daffodils, hyacinths, and tulips.
    • Fall is the season to plant trees, turf grasses and spring-blooming flower bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and crocuses.
    • Fall is the time to plant the tulips, daffodils and hyacinths that bloom in the spring.
    • Spring-flowering bulbs such as tulips, crocuses, hyacinths, daffodils, and irises are universal symbols of spring.
    • Remember that some bulbs such as tulips and hyacinths do not always come back strongly in subsequent years.
    • While daffodils and hyacinths have their fans, tulips are, by far, the most popular flower.
    • In Europe, winter holiday parties are resplendent with fragrant hyacinths.
    • It is the season to plant flowering bulbs such as tulips, narcissi, crocuses and hyacinths.
    • Other fun bulbs for easy forcing include colorful hyacinths, crocuses and narcissi.
    1. 1.1 A light purplish-blue color typical of some hyacinth flowers.
      as modifier the Queen Mother was wearing hyacinth blue
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Colour is inspired by spring flowers - daffodil yellow, light green, lilac and hyacinth blues or blossom pinks.
      • Given over entirely to a celebration of painting, it is more or less bisected at a diagonal of golden russet dappling on a field of hyacinth blue, and suffused with ambient light.
  • 2

    another term for jacinth
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tin, amethyst, the sapphire, the smarage or emerald, hyacinth, topaz, crystal, bezoar, marble, and that which in England we call freestone.
    • Lighter colored crystals have been referred to as hyacinth or jacinth stones.

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting a gem): from French hyacinthe, via Latin from Greek huakinthos, denoting a plant identified with the flower in the myth of Hyacinthus, and a gem (perhaps the sapphire). The current sense dates from the late 16th century.

 
 
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