grape hyacinth

1. 1.

   any of various early flowering spring hyacinths native to Eurasia having dense spikes of rounded blue flowers resembling bunches of small grapes

   Broaderliliaceous plant

   Narrowercommon grape hyacinthtassel hyacinth

   Part ofMuscari

Questions about grape hyacinth

What does grape hyacinth mean?

grape hyacinth means "any of various early flowering spring hyacinths native to Eurasia having dense spikes of rounded blue flowers resembling bunches of small grapes".

Is grape hyacinth a common word?

grape hyacinth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.