wild hyacinth

wild hyacinth
noun
1. sometimes placed in genus Scilla
• Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hyacinthoides, ↑genus Hyacinthoides
2. eastern camas; eastern and central North America
• Hypernyms: ↑camas, ↑camass, ↑quamash, ↑camosh, ↑camash
• Member Holonyms: ↑Camassia, ↑genus Camassia, ↑Quamassia, ↑genus Quamassia

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noun
1. : a No. American bulbous plant (Camassia scilloides) with linear basal leaves and white racemose flowers
3. : brodiaea 2

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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.
[1840-50, Amer.]

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wild hyacinth noun (esp Scot)
The bluebell, Endymion or Scilla nonscriptus
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Main Entry: ↑wild

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wild hyacinth,
1. a plant, a camass, of eastern North America, bearing white or blue flowers.
2. = bluebell. (Cf. ↑bluebell)

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  • Wild hyacinth — Wild Wild, a. [Compar. {Wilder}; superl. {Wildest}.] [OE. wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG. wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild, bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild game, deer; of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wild hyacinth — n. ☆ 1. a camass (Camassia scilloides) of the E U.S., with bluish flowers 2. WOOD HYACINTH …   English World dictionary

  • wild hyacinth — wild′ hy′acinth n. pln any of several plants having flowers resembling those of a hyacinth, as the camass, Camassia scilloides, of the central U.S • Etymology: 1840–50, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • wild hyacinth — 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. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • wild 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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