Meaning of grape hyacinth | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of the species of three genera in the Hyacinthinae subtribe (family Asparagaceae) that produce racemes of small blue flowers, Muscari, Pseudomuscari, and Leopoldia.

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Examples

“[…]while the wood hyacinth, or grape hyacinth, at its best, cannot match even the dark bell-gentian, […]”

“Thus in the early year the blue pearl clusters of the grape hyacinth bloomed, and in autumn the gean rejoiced us with the red Chinese lantern gleam of their fruit.”

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