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hyacinth
CEFRC2
/ˈhaɪ.ə.sɪnθ/
noun
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In plain English
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noun
A plant with strongly scented flowers growing from a bulb.
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noun
Extra detailA variety of zircon, ranging in color from brown, orange, reddish-brown and yellow; a jacinth.
Examples
The daughters were young and beautiful—three charming blossoms—a rose, a lily, and a white hyacinth.
Vendors wrapped items in banana leaves and water hyacinth strings.
At a glance
Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale
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- Parts of speech
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- Citations
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Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningAny bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.
More examples
In contextOn 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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Origin
noun
From Middle English jacinth, partly from Old French jacincte, from Medieval Latin jacintus, and partly from Old English iacinþ, from Medieval Latin jacinthus, both from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”), ultimately from a non-Indo-European Mediterranean language. Re-Latinized in the 16th century.