wild hyacinth

noun

Common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), of Europe

Similar
wood hyacinthbluebellharebellHyacinthoides nonscriptaScilla nonscriptaindigo squillCamassia scilloides

Meanings

nounwild hyacinth (plural wild hyacinths)

plural wild hyacinths

  1. Common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), of Europe
  2. Camases, quamashes, Indian hyacinths (Camassia spp.), of North America
  3. Blue dicks, purplehead (Dichelostemma capitatum, syn. Dipterostemon capitatus), of North America
  4. Roundtooth snakelily (Dichelostemma multiflorum), of California and Oregon
  5. A bulbous perennial (Lachenalia contaminata), of South Africa
  6. Cluster lilies (Brodiaea spp.), of western North America

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsometimes placed in genus Scilla

Similar
wood hyacinthbluebellharebellHyacinthoides nonscriptaScilla nonscripta
Broader
liliaceous plant

nouneastern camas; eastern and central North America

Similar
indigo squillCamassia scilloides

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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