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  • The stone spoken of in Cant., v, 14, and called hyacinthus in the Vulgate is the Hebrew hrshysh, which has been shown above to be the chrysolite.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • The reef flats consist mainly of A. hyacinthus, Pocillopora, Millepora and some faviids.

    Tubbataha Reef Marine Park, Philippines 2008

  • There followeth, for the latter part of January and February, the mezereon – tree, which then blossoms; crocus vernus, both the yellow and the grey; primroses; anemones; the early tulippa; hyacinthus orientalis; chamairis; fritellaria.

    The Essays 2007

  • _Scilla Lilio-hyacinthus_ -- a _Squill_ masquerading it as a _Hyacinth_; the leaves of the _Cnicus Syraicus_, most beautiful of thistles, glistening here in abundance, and scarcely inferior in attractions to the far-famed _Acanthus_.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Various

  • HYACINTH, Greek hyakinthos; Vulg. hyacinthus (Apoc., xxi, 20); the eleventh stone of the foundation of the heavenly city.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • There followeth, for the latter part of January and February, the mezereon-tree, which then blossoms; crocus vernus, 3 both the yellow and the grey; primroses; anemones; the early tulippa; hyacinthus orientalis; chamairis; fritellaria.

    XLVI. Of Gardens 1909

  • These include the jaguar (Panthera onca), giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthus), giant armadillo (Priodontes gigantes), marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus), and pampas deer (Ozotocerus bezoarticus).

    Pantanal 2007

  • £t me Phoebus amat: Phoebo fua femper apud me Munera funt, lauri et fuave rubens hyacinthus.

    P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796

  • £t me Phoebus amat: Phcebo fua femper apud me Munera funt, lauri et fuave rubens hyacinthus.

    P. Virgilii Maronis opera: emendabat et notulis illustr. G. Wakefield Virgil, Publius Vergilius Maro 1796

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