wild hyacinth bluebell
1wild hyacinth — noun 1. sometimes placed in genus Scilla • Syn: ↑wood hyacinth, ↑bluebell, ↑harebell, ↑Hyacinthoides nonscripta, ↑Scilla nonscripta • Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant …
2wild hyacinth — noun Date: circa 1794 any of several plants with flowers suggestive of hyacinths: as a. a camas (Camassia scilloides) of eastern North America with white or bluish racemose flowers b. bluebell 2a c. any of several western North American herbs… …
3wild hyacinth — noun another term for bluebell (in sense 1) …
4hyacinth — [hī′ə sinth΄] n. [L hyacinthus < Gr hyakinthos, wild hyacinth, bluebell, blue larkspur, hence a blue gem] 1. a) among the ancients, a blue gem, probably the sapphire b) any of the reddish orange or brownish varieties of zircon or certain other …
5wild — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (of an animal or plant) in its original natural state; not domesticated or cultivated (esp. of species or varieties allied to others that are not wild). 2 not civilized; barbarous. 3 (of scenery etc.) having a… …
6bluebell — bluebelled, adj. /blooh bel /, n. 1. any of numerous plants of the bellflower family, having blue, bell shaped flowers, as a bellflower or harebell. 2. Also called wood hyacinth. an Old World plant, Endymion non scriptus, of the lily family,… …
7hyacinth — n. 1 any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus with racemes of usu. purplish blue, pink, or white bell shaped fragrant flowers. 2 = grape hyacinth. 3 the purplish blue colour of the hyacinth flower. 4 an orange variety of zircon used as a… …
8bluebell — n. 1 a liliaceous plant, Hyacinthoides nonscripta, with clusters of bell shaped blue flowers on a stem arising from a rhizome. Also called wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth (see HYACINTH). 2 Sc. a plant, Campanula rotundifolia, with solitary bell… …
9bluebell — noun Date: 1578 1. any of various bellflowers; especially harebell 2. any of various plants bearing blue bell shaped flowers: as a. a European herb (Hyacinthoides nonscripta syn. Scilla nonscripta) of the lily family having scapose racemes of… …
10wood hyacinth — noun sometimes placed in genus Scilla • Syn: ↑wild hyacinth, ↑bluebell, ↑harebell, ↑Hyacinthoides nonscripta, ↑Scilla nonscripta • Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant • Me …
