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    HYACINTH

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of numerous bulbous perennial herbsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("hyacinth" is a kind of...):

    liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hyacinth"):

    common hyacinth; Hyacinthus orientalis (widely grown for its fragrance and its white, pink, blue, or purplish flowers)

    Hyacinthus orientalis albulus; Roman hyacinth (hyacinth with loosely flowered spikes, several growing from one bulb)

    cape hyacinth; Galtonia candicans; Hyacinthus candicans; summer hyacinth (southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers)

    Holonyms ("hyacinth" is a member of...):

    genus Hyacinthus (sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae as the type genus)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstoneplay

    Synonyms:

    hyacinth; jacinth

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("hyacinth" is a kind of...):

    zircon; zirconium silicate (a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent)

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