hyacinthine

[ hahy-uh-sin-thin, -thahyn ]

/ ˌhaɪ əˈsɪn θɪn, -θaɪn /

of or like the hyacinth.

adorned with hyacinths.

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1650–60; <Latin hyacinthinus<Greek hyakínthinos.See hyacinth, -ine¹

Dark eyes are dearer far Than those that make the hyacinthine bell.
A Critic in Pall Mall|Oscar Wilde
He delighted in ‘hyacinthine curls’ and ‘lustrous locks,’ in ‘smiling parterres’ and ‘stately terraces.’
Views and Reviews|William Ernest Henley
Beneath its hyacinthine curls it beamed on him with a fixed benevolent smile.
The Mayor of Troy|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
As for the hyacinthine purple cloak, I wear it because I like it.
Cleopatra, Complete|Georg Ebers

There was no suggestion of a body, only that majestic head crowned with hyacinthine locks and limned in lambent fire.
The Doomsman|Van Tassel Sutphen