Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 8 letters

hyacinth

Best crossword clue

"Fragrant bulb"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈhaɪ.ə.sɪnθ/Part of speech nounSorted achhintyStarts with HEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
1H2Y3A4C5I6N7T8H

Definitions

  1. any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs

Word origin

From Middle English jacinth, partly from Old French jacincte, from Medieval Latin jacintus, and partly from Old English iacinþ, from Medieval Latin jacinthus, both from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”), ultimately from a non-Indo-European Mediterranean language. Re-Latinized in the 16th century.

Used in a sentence

  • On life's long round by chance I found / A dell impearled with dew, / Where hyacinths, gushing from the ground, / Lent to the earth heaven's native hue / Of holy blue.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

01Fragrant bulb8 letters

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

H_______

Related words