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hyacinthine

Variant of hyacinth

noun

    1. among the ancients, a blue gem, probably the sapphire
    2. any of the reddish-orange or brownish varieties of zircon or certain other minerals, used as a semiprecious stone
    1. any of a genus (Hyacinthus) of plants of the lily family, with narrow channeled leaves and spikes of fragrant, bell-shaped flowers in white, yellow, red, blue, or purple
    2. the bulb of any of these plants
    3. the flower
  1. a bluish purple

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