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Definition of Nerine
1. Noun. Any of various plants, of the genus ''Nerine'', that are poisonous to cattle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nerine
1. a type of South American plant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nerine
Literary usage of Nerine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India. : An Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1776)
"According to this etymology Doto is Charity. Nyfe is Hope, and nerine Faith, For
the name Nyfe comes from N«'«, ..."
2. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Among these are the genera— nerine (the name of a water-nymph). A genus of about
ten species of South African bulbous plants, with strap-shaped leaves and ..."
3. A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa by James Backhouse (1844)
"Sheep- feeding.—Temperance Meetings.—Wild Animals.—Cape Jerboa.—Hottentot and
Leopard. — nerine undulata.—Weather.—Bushmen's Drawings. — Improving Bechuana. ..."
4. Garden and Farm Topics / by Peter Henderson by Peter Henderson (1884)
"GUERNSEY LILY, (nerine.) SHOWY bulbous plants, the type of which is the Guernsey
Lily, and which are natives of the Cape of Good Hope, China, and Japan. ..."
5. Garden and Farm Topics / by Peter Henderson by Peter Henderson (1884)
"GUERNSEY LILY, (nerine.) SHOWY bulbous plants, the type of which is the Guernsey
Lily, and which are natives of the Cape of Good Hope, China, and Japan. ..."
6. Bulb Gardening by Mary Hampden (1922)
"White, scarlet. striped pale rose, with silver nerine BODYGUARD. ... nerine QUEEN
ALEXANDER. nerine IZARD. Bright red, Cherry. flushed with mauve. ..."
7. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1822)
"It will be found that B. Radula, from the want of tube, approaches to the genus
nerine ; but the two broad recumbent leaves, the wide short spathe, ..."
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