wild hyacinth

/waɪld ˌhaɪəˈsɪnθ/
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Other forms: wild hyacinths

Definitions of wild hyacinth
  1. noun
    eastern camas; eastern and central North America
    synonyms: Camassia scilloides, indigo squill
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    type of:
    camas, camash, camass, camosh, quamash
    any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America
  2. noun
    sometimes placed in genus Scilla
    synonyms: Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta, bluebell, harebell, wood hyacinth
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    type of:
    liliaceous plant
    plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
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