Get the answer to the NYT Spelling Bee clue “Spring-blooming bulbous perennial with blue, lilac, pink, or cream flowers”, starting with the letters hy.
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noun
- A precious stone of the ancients sometimes held to be the sapphire
- A gem zircon or hessonite
- A plant of the ancients held to be a lily, iris, larkspur, or gladiolus
- A bulbous perennial herb (Hyacinthus orientalis) of the asparagus family that is native to the Mediterranean region but is widely grown for its dense spikes of fragrant flowers compare grape hyacinth, water hyacinth
- A light violet to moderate purple
noun
- Any of several small bulbous spring-flowering herbs (genus Muscari) of the asparagus family with racemes of usually blue flowers
noun
- A showy floating aquatic herb (Pontederia crassipes synonym Eichhornia crassipes) of tropical South America that has become naturalized in warm regions (as of the southern U.S.) often clogging waterways
noun
- A camas (Camassia scilloides) of eastern North America with white or bluish racemose flowers
- Bluebell
- Any of several western North American herbs (genus Brodiaea) of the lily family with grasslike basal leaves and variously colored flowers
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- Any of various bellflowers
- A European herb (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) of the asparagus family having scapose racemes of drooping bell-shaped flowers
- A glabrous erect eastern U.S. herb (Mertensia virginica) of the borage family with entire leaves and showy blue flowers pink in the bud
This clue was used on March 19, 2025.