Definition of Summer hyacinth

1. Noun. Southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Summer Hyacinth

summer-work
summer and winter
summer boarder
summer camp
summer camps
summer cohosh
summer cottage
summer crookneck
summer cypress
summer damask rose
summer duck
summer fallow
summer flounder
summer haw
summer house
summer hyacinth (current term)
summer melt
summer pruning
summer pudding
summer puddings
summer redbird
summer resort
summer sausage
summer sausages
summer savory
summer savoury
summer school
summer snowflake
summer solstice
summer solstices

Literary usage of Summer hyacinth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... Galtonia (Giant summer hyacinth); Gasteria; Gloriosa (Climbing Lily); Haworthia; Helonias (Swamp Pink, Stud Pink); Hemerocallis (Yellow Day Lily, ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"GIANT summer hyacinth. Large and handsome Cape bulbs, of three species, one of them being cultivated in the open for summer bloom. ..."

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