hyacinth

See also: Hyacinth

English
Hyacinthus orientalis, a species of the genus Hyacinthus

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English jacinth, from Old French jacincte, from Medieval Latin jacintus, from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”), ultimately from a non-Indo-European Mediterranean language. Re-Latinized in the 16th century.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪəsɪnθ/

Noun

hyacinth (plural hyacinths)

  1. Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.
  2. A variety of zircon, ranging in color from brown, orange, reddish-brown and yellow; a jacinth.

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Further reading
  • “Hyacinth” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “hyacinth”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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