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/ˈhaɪ.ə.sɪnθ/ · noun
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.
Use hyacinth when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hyacinth means Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa..
Common synonyms include jacinth.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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