wild hyacinth

noun

any of several plants having usually blue flowers resembling those of a hyacinth, as Camassia scilloides, of the central U.S., or Triteleia hyacinthina, of western North America.

wild hyacinth

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Philip made all the haste that was compatible with gathering a handful of wild hyacinth and meadow narcissus for poor Maria.

At last he saw a child of twelve years old, on a path overgrown with wild hyacinth.

Of these I think the most remarkable was the wild hyacinth on account of its habit of growing on the tops of the old stone hedges.

The name Wild Hyacinth is poor, as it does not resemble a hyacinth in character.

The snowdrop, even the wild hyacinth, though it is much later, similarly limit their active life to a short period in spring.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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