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amaryllis
(encz) | amaryllis,amarylka n: [bot.] druh rostliny Zdeněk Brož |
Amaryllis
(gcide) | Amaryllis \Am`a*ryl"lis\, n. [L. Amaryllis, Gr. ?, ?, the name
of a country girl in Theocritus and Virgil.]
1. A pastoral sweetheart.
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To sport with Amaryllis in the shade. --Milton.
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2. (bot.)
(a) A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty,
including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and
others.
(b) A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna
lily.
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amaryllis
(wn) | amaryllis
n 1: bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers |
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amaryllis
(encz) | amaryllis,amarylka n: [bot.] druh rostliny Zdeněk Brož |
Amaryllis belladonna
(gcide) | Belladonna \Bel`la*don"na\, n. [It., literally fine lady; bella
beautiful + donna lady.] (Bot.)
(a) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with
reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries.
The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the
root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents.
Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine
which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade.
(b) A species of Amaryllis (Amaryllis belladonna); the
belladonna lily.
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Amaryllis formosissima
(gcide) | Jacobaean lily \Jac`o*b[ae]"an lil"y\ [See Jacobean.] (Bot.)
A bulbous plant (Amaryllis formosissima syn. {Sprekelia
formosissima}) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep,
red, lilylike flower. [Written also Jacobean.] Jacobean |
amaryllis
(wn) | amaryllis
n 1: bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers |
amaryllis belladonna
(wn) | Amaryllis belladonna
n 1: amaryllis of South Africa often cultivated for its fragrant
white or rose flowers [syn: belladonna lily, {naked
lady}, Amaryllis belladonna] |
amaryllis family
(wn) | amaryllis family
n 1: snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification
systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae [syn:
Amaryllidaceae, family Amaryllidaceae, {amaryllis
family}] |
genus amaryllis
(wn) | genus Amaryllis
n 1: type genus of the Amaryllidaceae; bulbous flowering plants
of southern Africa |
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