(Bot.)
(a)
A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. Hyacinthus orientalis is a common variety.
(b)
A plant of the genus Camassia (Camassia 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.
