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Hyacinthus
Hyacinthus [ h ə sínthəss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
accidental victim of Apollo: in Greek mythology, a young boy who was loved and accidentally killed by the god Apollo, who made a flower grow on the spot where the boy died
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