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amaryllis Definition


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amaryllis
noun
    1. Any of various plants, especially a S African species with strap-shaped leaves and large pink or white trumpet-shaped scented flowers.
    2. loosely
      Any of various tropical American plants, hybrids of which are popular house plants, that produce large trumpet-shaped red, pink or white flowers on a long stalk in winter before the leaves appear.
Etymology: 18c: Latin; also a conventional name for a country girl or shepherdess in Greek and Latin literature.



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