Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grape hyacinth

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: grape hy-acinth
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the species of three genera in the Hyacinthinae subtribe (family Asparagaceae) that produce racemes of small blue flowers, Muscari, Pseudomuscari, and Leopoldia.

Example Sentences

"[…]while the wood hyacinth, or grape hyacinth, at its best, cannot match even the dark bell-gentian, […]"
"Thus in the early year the blue pearl clusters of the grape hyacinth bloomed, and in autumn the gean rejoiced us with the red Chinese lantern gleam of their fruit."

Inflected Forms

grape hyacinths (plural)

Questions

What does grape hyacinth mean?: Any of the species of three genera in the Hyacinthinae subtribe (family Asparagaceae) that produce racemes of small blue flowers, Muscari, Pseudomuscari, and Leopoldia.

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