Meaning Of The Word Hyacinthus

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Hyacinthus in American English
a youth loved and accidentally slain by Apollo, who causes to grow from his blood a flower bearing the letters AI AI (a Greek cry of sorrow)
noun: a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth

Hyacinthus in British English
noun: a youth beloved of Apollo and inadvertently killed by him. At the spot where the youth died, Apollo caused a flower to grow

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