starch hyacinth

English

Etymology

So called because the flowers have the smell of boiled starch.

Noun

starch hyacinth (plural starch hyacinths)

  1. (dated) grape hyacinth (Muscari spp., Pseudomuscari spp., and Leopoldia spp.).

References

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