Hyacinth

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. (Min.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. [F. am, fame, far, pa or opera, fare; end, HYDRA hyacinthe, L. hyacinth us, Gr. huakinthos; same as jacinth; in Grecian fable, a beautiful Laconian youth, beloved by Apollo, who killed him by a cast of his quoit, from whose blood the flower sprang up.] — Hyacinth'ine, -in, a. Made of, or like, hyacinth of a violet, purple, dark auburn, or brown color. _ Hyades, hi'a-dez, Hy'ads, -adz, n. pi. (Astron.) A cluster of stars in the head of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the approach of rainy weaJier, when they rose with the sun. [L. and Gr., Gr. hue in, to rain.]