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grape hyacinth

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grape hyacinth

–noun
any plant belonging to the genus Muscari, of the lily family, as M. botryoides, having globular, blue flowers resembling tiny grapes.

Origin:
1725–35
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grape hyacinth  
n.  Any of various plants of the genus Muscari, native to Eurasia and having narrow leaves and dense terminal racemes of rounded, usually blue flowers.
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