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noun(hy-a-cinth)a precious stone of the ancients sometimes held to be the sapphire
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noun(hy-a-cinth)a gem zircon or hessonite
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noun(hy-a-cinth)a plant of the ancients held to be a lily, iris, larkspur, or gladiolus
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noun(hy-a-cinth)any of several small bulbous spring-flowering herbs (genus Muscari) of the lily family with racemes of usually blue flowers
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noun(hy-a-cinth)a showy floating aquatic herb (Eichhornia crassipes) of tropical South America that has become naturalized in warm regions (as of the southern U.S.) often clogging waterways
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noun(hy-a-cinth)any of several plants with flowers suggestive of hyacinths: such as
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noun(hy-a-cinth)a camas (Camassia scilloides) of eastern North America with white or bluish racemose flowers
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noun(hy-a-cinth)bluebell
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noun(hy-a-cinth)any of various bellflowers; especially : harebell
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noun(hy-a-cinth)any of various plants bearing blue bell-shaped flowers: such as
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noun(hy-a-cinth)a European herb (Hyacinthoides nonscripta synonym Scilla nonscripta) of the lily family having scapose racemes of drooping bell-shaped flowers —called also wild hyacinth