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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 flowersplay

  Familiarity information: SUMMER HYACINTH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUMMER HYACINTH (noun)


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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