Since my third semester at UFC, I've been using the nick 'hyacinth', since I was told by Prof. Marcus Dodt, in a day he was replacing Manolisa (what a class!), that it'd be a correlative of my own name - even though this flower here in Brazil is called jacinto (I have no problems about genre!). And, not only I've grown acostumed to it, but it also reminds me every time the importance of that great Professor in my and many other's lives, but I'm not talking about this now, maybe in another oportunity.
So, what (else) is a hyacinth? I've made a research, and the result is that a hyacinth is...
- A bulbous Mediterranean plant (Hyacinthus orientalis) having narrow leaves and a terminal raceme of variously colored, usually fragrant flowers, with a funnel-shaped perianth. Also called jacinth.
- Any of several similar or related plants, such as the grape hyacinth.
- Greek Mythology. A plant, perhaps the larkspur, gladiolus, or iris, that sprang from the blood of the slain Hyacinthus.
- A deep purplish blue to vivid violet.
- A reddish or cinnamon-colored variety of transparent zircon, used as a gemstone.
- A blue precious stone, perhaps the sapphire, known in antiquity
and much more.
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