any of a genus of common garden plants with fragrant blue, pink, or white flowers that grow in spikes: genus Hyacinthus
a colour varying from light violet to mid-purple
= jacinth
hyacinth adj
hyacinthine /-ʹsinthien/ adj
[via Latinfrom Greek hyakinthos a precious stone, a flowering plant, in reference to the myth of the youth Hyacinthus, killed accidentally by Apollo, from whose blood grew a flower]