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Definition of Hyacinthus orientalis
1. Noun. Widely grown for its fragrance and its white, pink, blue, or purplish flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyacinthus Orientalis
Literary usage of Hyacinthus orientalis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1889)
"Paxton and a good many others confirm the fact that Hyacinths came from the
Levant, and state that hyacinthus orientalis was introduced to us in the year ..."
2. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1806)
"hyacinthus orientalis. GARDEN HYACINTH. ... G. HYACINTHUS orientalis. Linn. Sp.
PI. 454. Cluf. Hiß. i. 174, 175. Hort. ..."
3. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"The garden race of Hyacinths arc at base hyacinthus orientalis, a. species native
to western Asia and possibly south-eastern Europe. ..."
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