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Wild hyacinth

noun

Sometimes placed in genus Scilla. Synonyms: bluebell, harebell, Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta, wood hyacinth.

Eastern camas; eastern and central North America. Synonyms: Camassia scilloides, indigo squill.

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"Wild hyacinth" Quotes from Famous Books

... columns and pediments of the temple shone through the wood, but not a worshipper yet had Julian encountered. At last he saw a boy of twelve years old, on a path overgrown with wild hyacinth. ...

— The World's Greatest Books, Vol VI. • Various

... came to a lane bordered with copse, blue with wild hyacinth. 'Oh! it was so long since she had seen a wild flower! Would he be so kind as to stop for one moment to let her gather one. She did so much wish to pick a flower for herself ...

— Heartsease - or Brother's Wife • Charlotte M. Yonge

... once planted and left undisturbed, the bulbs increase rapidly, without injury from overcrowding. Evidently they need little encouragement to run wild. Nevertheless they are not wild scillas, however commonly they may be miscalled so. Certainly ladies' tresses, known as wild hyacinth in parts of New England, has even less right to ...

— Wild Flowers, An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and - Their Insect Visitors - - Title: Nature's Garden • Neltje Blanchan

Words linked to "Wild hyacinth" : genus Quamassia, Camassia, camash, Hyacinthoides, quamash, genus Camassia, camas, genus Hyacinthoides, liliaceous plant, camosh, Quamassia, camass