I had heard that water hyacinth is a big problem in the lake. From Wordnik.com. [Lake Chapala Water Quality] Reference
The matted roots of the floating water hyacinth is ideal for this. From Wordnik.com. [Fish Ponds] Reference
Careful now, be sure water hyacinth is the only plant they'll eat. From Wordnik.com. [Enough water hyacinths, more than enough] Reference
Today, the hyacinth is found in more than fifty countries on five continents. From Wordnik.com. [Did you know? Lake Chapala under attack from water hyacinth] Reference
The air itself, carrying a salty whiff of high tide and sweet hyacinth, is ripe with possibility. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Beach House by James Patterson] Reference
The water hyacinth is no longer covering a disproportionate part of the lake and its coverage is back to its "normal" level of 5% or less. From Wordnik.com. [Lake Chapala: 2000 follow-up to saving Mexico's largest lake] Reference
The hyacinth is the most popular of the Dutch bulbs for growing in vases of water. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
So purple in a violet or a hyacinth is a sign of nearness, because the closer you look at them the more purple you see. From Wordnik.com. [The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing] Reference
Brown garnet (hessonite or cinnamon stone), sometimes wrongly called hyacinth in the trade, is of a deep reddish-brown color. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
Cullen - I think they'd pick a flower name for that shirt - "lilac" or "hyacinth" - but maybe only if it were a woman's shirt. From Wordnik.com. [harvest gold rotary dial wall unit] Reference
Hessonite garnet, the cinnamon stone or "hyacinth" (incorrect) of the trade, comes mainly from Ceylon. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
Jonquilles are changed 30 times, the cassia and violet 60, the tuberose (a kind of hyacinth) and the jasmine, both 80 times. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Freezing temperatures kill them - particularly the floating plants such as hyacinth and salvinia. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
The red of the hyacinth is never equal to that of the ruby. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
The floating water hyacinth is no longer a threat to Florida's waterways. From Wordnik.com. [Diversity Disappears In Florida] Reference
There's myths and symbolism, there's fragrant hyacinth and Persian poetry. From Wordnik.com. [Fresh Foods Ring in Persian New Year of Nowruz] Reference
One could smell the springtime in the air, a vague odor of hyacinth and lilac. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
They were of a deep, hyacinth blue, very luminous and soft, and quite beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
It looks like a little hyacinth-bulb, and when roasted is as nice as a chestnut. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
And they that sat on them had breastplates of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
Amaranthé, whom he met coming as hastily from her apartment with the hyacinth in her hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale] Reference
Just a moment before, he recognised the odour of a hyacinth held by a lady in front of him. From Wordnik.com. [Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget] Reference
Her airy home is filled with more flowers, more sprouts and the scent of hyacinth and baklava. From Wordnik.com. [Fresh Foods Ring in Persian New Year of Nowruz] Reference
There was the white narcissus and the purple tulip -- the dark hyacinth and the soft red rose. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
I knew there needed to be a hyacinth somewhere in my story, but I didn't know where to plant it. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening] Reference
Fortunately, they were wrong, and a hundred years later there was a new mania to bemoan: the hyacinth. From Wordnik.com. [A Flood Of Flowers] Reference
One variety of this, which is a deep hyacinth in colour, though often of a brown-tinted red, is called. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones] Reference
After some hesitation, she, trembling as she spoke, said, "Pray, cousin, have you lately looked at your hyacinth?". From Wordnik.com. [The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale] Reference
Under the frozen ground the crocus and the hyacinth and the tulip hide in their hearts the perfect forms of future flowers. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
Amaranthé, though never restored to the radiant beauty of the hyacinth, regained her original healthy and sprightly looks. From Wordnik.com. [The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale] Reference
Agardh has observed a similar thing in a hyacinth, one half of the fruit of which contained seeds, and the other half, anthers. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Tulips, hyacinth, forsythia, dogwoods, magnolias and countless other spring-flowering plants, bushes, and trees have been in full bloom. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend Project: Get rid of dandelions] Reference
The repressed anxiety with which Elisabeth had been regarding her relaxed, and a curious look of content took birth in the hyacinth eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Such an example is wild hyacinth (Camassia scilloides), which was eaten by Native Americans and early explorers, including Lewis and Clark. From Wordnik.com. [Plant native bulbs now for thriving Midwest gardens] Reference
"Garth is fond of solitude," replied Sara simply, and she missed the swift, searching glance instantly leveled at her by the hyacinth eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
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