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Eremurus is a genus of desert plants belonging to the Liliaceae. Many of them produce flower-stalks upwards of 150 centimetres in height, surmounted by great hyacinth-like spikes of bell-shaped flowers.
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Grape Hyacinth (Muscari racemosum) is a bulbous her of the family Liliaceae. It is native to Europe and South Africa and has a short flower stem bearing many round dark blue flowers.
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Hyacinth is a genus of liliaceous bulbous plants including about thirty species, amongst which the garden hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) is celebrated for the immense varieties which culture has produced from it. It is a native of the Levant, and was first cultivated as a garden flower by the Dutch about the beginning of the 16th century.
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Lablab is a genus of leguminous plants. Lablab purpureus is grown as a pulse and animal fodder in India, Egypt and other tropical countries where its is known as bonavist, the Egyptian bean, and the hyacinth bean.
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Hy Hazell (real name Hyacinth Hazel O'Higgins) was a British actress, singer and dancer. She was born in 1920 and died in 1970.
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Hyacinth is a shade of purple in which blue predominates.
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Terpineol is a thick liquid produced by the action of dilute acids upon terpine hydrate. It has a smell resembling lilac or hyacinth and is used in perfume and soaps to imitate the smell of these flowers.
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Cinnamon stone is a variety of garnet, of a cinnamon or hyacinth red colour, sometimes used in jewellery.
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Hyacinth or jacinth is a red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem stone. Its crystals, when distinct, have the form of a four-sided prism, terminated by four rhombic planes, which stand on the lateral edges. Its prevailing colour is a red, more or less tinged with yellow or brown. The name hyacinth is also given to varieties of the garnet or cinnamon stone, the sapphire, and topaz.
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