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Usage examples of "hyacinthus".
Thus Ajax is a claimant with the boy Hyacinthus for the honor of giving birth to this flower.
He learned to wheedle and bully the little, mild amphibian people into harvesting the bulbous underwater growth of Hyacinthus veneris johnsoni-Venus swamproot-and to bribe the co-operation of their matriarchs with promises of bonuses in the form of 'thigarek', a term which meant not only cigarette, but tobacco in any form, the staple medium in trade when dealing with the natives.
The innumerable varieties of Garden Hyacinth are derived from an Eastern plant, Hyacinthus orientalis.