Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - hyacinth
Hyacinth
hyacinth
n. 1 any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus with racemes of usu. purplish-blue, pink, or white bell-shaped fragrant flowers. 2 = grape hyacinth. 3 the purplish-blue colour of the hyacinth flower. 4 an orange variety of zircon used as a precious stone. 5 poet. hair or locks like the hyacinth flower (as a Homeric epithet of doubtful sense). Phrases and idioms wild (or wood) hyacinth = BLUEBELL 1. Derivatives hyacinthine adj. Etymology: F hyacinthe f. L hyacinthus f. Gk huakinthos, flower and gem, also the name of a youth loved by Apollo
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noun Etymology: Latin ~us, a precious stone, a flowering plant, from Greek hyakinthos Date: 1553 1. a precious stone of the ancients sometimes held to be the sapphire, a gem zircon or essonite, 2. a plant of the ancients held to be a lily, iris, larkspur, or gladiolus, a bulbous perennial herb (Hyacinthus orientalis) of the lily family that is native to the Mediterranean region but is widely grown for its dense spikes of fragrant flowers, a light violet to moderate purple, ~ine adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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