Muscari

noun

Mus·​ca·​ri

ˌməˈskāˌrī

: a genus of Old World bulbous herbs (family Liliaceae) having narrow fleshy leaves and racemes or spikes of urn-shaped flowers with the lower portion of the perianth segments united see grape hyacinth

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from (assumed) obsolete New Greek moschari grape hyacinth, from Greek moschos musk

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