hyacinth
See also: Hyacinth
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English jacinth, partly from Old French jacincte, from Medieval Latin jacintus, and partly from Old English iacinþ, from Medieval Latin jacinthus, both 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
edit- IPA(key): /ˈhaɪəsɪnθ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
edithyacinth (plural hyacinths)
- Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.
- 1889, Mathilde Blind, “[Love in Exile. Song X.] ‘On Life’s Long Round’.”, in The Ascent of Man, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, stanza 1, page 177:
- On life's long round by chance I found / A dell impearled with dew, / Where hyacinths, gushing from the ground, / Lent to the earth heaven's native hue / Of holy blue.
- A variety of zircon, ranging in color from brown, orange, reddish-brown and yellow; a jacinth.
Derived terms
edit- Cape hyacinth (Galtonia candicans)
- common hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis)
- grape hyacinth (Muscari spp., Pseudomuscari spp., and Leopoldia spp.)
- hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)
- hyacinth macaw
- hyacinth of Peru (Scilla peruviana)
- lily hyacinth (Scilla liliohyacinthus)
- pine hyacinth (Viorna baldwinii)
- starch hyacinth (Muscari spp., Pseudomuscari spp., and Leopoldia spp.)
- star hyacinth
- summer hyacinth (Galtonia candicans)tassel hyacinth (Muscari comosum)
- water hyacinth (Pontederia spp.)
- wild hyacinth
- wood hyacinth (Hyacinthoides nonscripta)
Translations
editplant of the genus Hyacinthus
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a gemstone — see jacinth
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Further reading
edit- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Hyacinth”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “hyacinth”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
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