English > hyacinth: 2 senses > noun 2, plant| Meaning | Any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs. |
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| Member of | genus Hyacinthus | sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae as the type genus |
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| Narrower | Roman hyacinth, Hyacinthus orientalis albulus | hyacinth with loosely flowered spikes, several growing from one bulb |
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| common hyacinth, Hyacinthus orientalis | Widely grown for its fragrance and its white, pink, blue, or purplish flowers |
| summer hyacinth, cape hyacinth, Hyacinthus candicans, Galtonia candicans | southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers |
| Broader | liliaceous plant | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber |
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| Spanish | jacinto |
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| Catalan | jacint |
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