Definition of Alstroemeria

1. Noun. Any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers.

Generic synonyms: Liliaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Alstroemeria
Specialized synonyms: Alstroemeria Pelegrina, Lily Of The Incas, Peruvian Lily

Definition of Alstroemeria

1. Noun. Any member of the genus ''Alstremeria'' of South American flowering plants, the Peruvian lilies. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alstroemeria

alsactide
alsakharovite-zn
alsatian
alseroxylon
alsike
alsikes
also
also-ran
also-rans
also known as
alsoon
alsoone
alsterpaullone
alstonerine
alstonite
alstroemeria (current term)
alstroemerias
alt-country
alt-weeklies
alt-weekly
alt key
alt keys
alt text
altaite
altanserin
altar
altar bell
altar boy
altar boys
altar card

Literary usage of Alstroemeria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"Czapek' has carefully examined the process in alstroemeria. ... He holds that the inverted leaves of alstroemeria have arisen in the course of the phyletic ..."

2. Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Flowers by William Sutherland (1871)
"alstroemeria.—This is a succulent tuberous-rooted group of very distinct aspect, and beautifully as well as singularly coloured flowers. ..."

3. Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles: dans lequel on traite méthodiquement by Frédéric Cuvier (1816)
"... nous laissons à l'autre le nom d'alstroemeria -. c'est de ce dernier genre que nous allons parler. Il comprend trois espèces, savoir: les alstroemeria ..."

4. Exotic Flora: Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare Or Otherwise by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1823)
"alstroemeria pulchella, Bat. Mag. t. 2353. (vix LINN.) Stem erect, scarcely climbing, slender, weak, between two and three feet high, simple, cylindrical, ..."

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