Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jacinth"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Jacinth
properly a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth),
and hence a precious stone of that colour (Rev. 21:20). It has
been supposed to designate the same stone as the ligure (Heb.
leshem) mentioned in Ex. 28:19 as the first stone of the third
row in the high priest's breast-plate. In Rev. 9:17 the word is
simply descriptive of colour.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jacinth \Ja"cinth\, n. [F. jacinthe, L. hyacinthus. See
{Hyacinth}.]
See {Hyacinth}. --Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jacinth
n : a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone [syn:
{hyacinth}]
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