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

The machair, the great grass carpet that covers almost everything, has cowslips, primroses and wild hyacinths pushing up at the spring sun.

From The Guardian

The native bluebell, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, also goes by the name common bluebell, wood bell, fairy flower and wild hyacinth.

From BBC

For pygmy forests, head across town to the Elfin Forest Natural Area, a preserve where a wooden walkway winds through a sand dune landscape of wild hyacinths, succulents and rare horned lizards.

From New York Times

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 Literature

The wild hyacinth, blue-bottle, violet, and pansy, and some others, will occur to every one.

From Project Gutenberg