Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hyacinth"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Zircon \Zir"con\, n. [F., the same word as jargon. See {Jargon}
a variety of zircon.] (Min.)
A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a
brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A
red variety, used as a gem, is called {hyacinth}. Colorless,
pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called
{jargon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hyacinth \Hy"a*cinth\, n. [L. hyacinthus a kind of flower, prob.
the iris, gladiolus, or larkspur, also a kind of gem, perh.
the sapphire; as, a proper name, Hyacinthus, a beautiful
Laconian youth, beloved by Apollo, fr. Gr. ?, ?: cf. F.
hyacinthe. Cf. {Jacinth}. The hyacinth was fabled to have
sprung from the blood of Hyacinthus, who was accidentally
slain by Apollo.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A bulbous plant of the genus {Hyacinthus}, bearing
beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. {H. orientalis}
is a common variety.
(b) A plant of the genus {Camassia} ({C. Farseri}), called
also {Eastern camass}; wild hyacinth.
(c) The name also given to {Scilla Peruviana}, a
Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces
white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from
a mistake as to its origin, {Hyacinth of Peru}.
2. (Min.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem.
See {Zircon}.
{Hyacinth bean} (Bot.), a climbing leguminous plant
({Dolichos Lablab}), related to the true bean. It has dark
purple flowers and fruit.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hyacinth
n 1: a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone [syn:
{jacinth}]
2: any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs
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