Hyacinth

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 197

hi'a-sinth, n. (Bot.) A bulbous plant of many varieties, bearing spikes of fragrant flowers: the "wild hyacinth" {Eastern quamash) and " Peruvian hyacinth" are varieties of scilla. Ofin.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem.