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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Zircon \Zir"con\, n. [F., the same word as jargon. See {Jargon} a variety of zircon.] (Min.) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called {hyacinth}. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called {jargon}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hyacinth \Hy"a*cinth\, n. [L. hyacinthus a kind of flower, prob. the iris, gladiolus, or larkspur, also a kind of gem, perh. the sapphire; as a proper name Hyacinthus, a beautiful Laconian youth, beloved by Apollo, fr Gr ?, ?: cf F. hyacinthe. Cf {Jacinth}. The hyacinth was fabled to have sprung from the blood of Hyacinthus, who was accidentally slain by Apollo.] 1. (Bot.) a A bulbous plant of the genus {Hyacinthus}, bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. {H. orientalis} is a common variety. b A plant of the genus {Camassia} ({C. Farseri}), called also {Eastern camass}; wild hyacinth. c The name also given to {Scilla Peruviana}, a Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also from a mistake as to its origin, {Hyacinth of Peru}. 2. (Min.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See {Zircon}. {Hyacinth bean} (Bot.), a climbing leguminous plant ({Dolichos Lablab}), related to the true bean. It has dark purple flowers and fruit. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hyacinth n 1: a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone [syn: {jacinth}] 2: any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs
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