OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 17585

hyacinth

/ˈhaɪəsɪnθ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
jacinto
Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.
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.
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