wild hyacinth

American  

noun

1. 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.

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wild hyacinth British  

noun

1. another name for bluebell

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Etymology

Origin of wild hyacinth

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

A premiere destination for wildflower viewing, Chino Hills State Park is host to wild hyacinth, poppies, Canterbury bells and redmaids through May.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

In the wild, hyacinth macaws break open nuts with leaves and sticks, and black palm cockatoos drum on trees with rocks and empty nut shells.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 15, 2015

Athena lent a hand, making him seem taller, and massive too, with crisping hair in curls like petals of wild hyacinth, but all red-golden.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

She made him taller, and massive, too, with crisping hair in curls like petals of wild hyacinth but all red-golden.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

She looked over her shoulder into the water, reached down, broke off a blossom of wild hyacinth, and, turning, drew it through the button-hole of his coat.

From The Firing Line by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)