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SUMMER HYACINTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does summer hyacinth mean?
• SUMMER HYACINTH (noun)
The noun SUMMER HYACINTH has 1 sense:
1. southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers
Familiarity information: SUMMER HYACINTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cape hyacinth; Galtonia candicans; Hyacinthus candicans; summer hyacinth
Hypernyms ("summer hyacinth" is a kind of...):
hyacinth (any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs)
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