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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hy•a•cinth /ˈhaɪəsɪnθ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologya plant grown from a bulb, of the lily family, with a rounded cluster of sweet-smelling, colorful flowers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hy•a•cinth (hī′ə sinth),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya bulbous plant, Hyacinthus orientalis, of the lily family, widely cultivated for its cylindrical cluster of fragrant flowers in a variety of colors.
- Plant Biologyany of various similar or related plants, as the grape hyacinth or the water hyacinth.
- a plant fabled to have sprung from the blood of Hyacinthus and variously identified as iris, gladiolus, larkspur, etc.
- [Mineral.]a reddish-orange zircon.
- Jewelrya gem of the ancients, held to be the amethyst or sapphire. Also called jacinth for defs. 3–5.
- Greek hyákinthos blue larkspur, also a gem of blue color; compare jacinth
- Latin hyacinthus
- 1545–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hyacinth /ˈhaɪəsɪnθ/ n - any liliaceous plant of the Mediterranean genus Hyacinthus, esp any cultivated variety of H. orientalis, having a thick flower stalk bearing white, blue, or pink fragrant flowers
- the flower or bulb of such a plant
- any similar or related plant, such as the grape hyacinth
Also called: jacinth a red or reddish-brown transparent variety of the mineral zircon, used as a gemstone- any of the varying colours of the hyacinth flower or stone
- (as modifier): hyacinth eyes
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin hyacinthus, from Greek huakinthoshyacinthine /ˌhaɪəˈsɪnθaɪn/ adj |