wild hyacinth

wild hyacinth

n.1. A bulbous plant (Camassia scilloides) in the lily family native to eastern North America, having a spike of white, blue, or violet flowers with bright yellow anthers.2. Any of several plants having flowers resembling those of a hyacinth, especially of the genus Brodiaea.

wild hyacinth

n (Plants) another name for bluebell¹

wild′ hy′acinth

n. any of several plants having flowers resembling those of a hyacinth, as the camass, Camassiascilloides, of the central U.S. [1840–50, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wild hyacinth - sometimes placed in genus Scilla bluebell, harebell, Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta, wood hyacinthliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tubergenus Hyacinthoides, Hyacinthoides - small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
	2.	wild hyacinth - eastern camas; eastern and central North AmericaCamassia scilloides, indigo squillCamassia, genus Camassia, genus Quamassia, Quamassia - genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbscamas, camash, camass, camosh, quamash - any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America