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HYACINTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hyacinth" is a kind of...):
liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hyacinth"):
common hyacinth; Hyacinthus orientalis (widely grown for its fragrance and its white, pink, blue, or purplish flowers)
Hyacinthus orientalis albulus; Roman hyacinth (hyacinth with loosely flowered spikes, several growing from one bulb)
cape hyacinth; Galtonia candicans; Hyacinthus candicans; summer hyacinth (southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers)
Holonyms ("hyacinth" is a member of...):
genus Hyacinthus (sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae as the type genus)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone
Synonyms:
hyacinth; jacinth
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hyacinth" is a kind of...):
zircon; zirconium silicate (a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent)
