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Definition of Amaryllis family
1. Noun. Snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Family
Group relationships: Liliales, Order Liliales
Member holonyms: Amaryllis, Genus Amaryllis, Bomarea, Genus Bomarea, Genus Haemanthus, Haemanthus, Genus Hippeastrum, Genus Narcissus, Genus Strekelia, Strekelia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amaryllis Family
| amarettos amarillite amarine amaritude amaritudes amarna amaro amaroid amaroidal amarone | amarones amarum amaryllidaceous amaryllideous amaryllis amaryllis family (current term) amaryllises amas amasake amasi | amasthenic |
Literary usage of Amaryllis family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"amaryllis family. 3 or rootstocks, scapose or sometimes leafy stems and usually
narrow and entire Perennial herbs (some tropical species woody or even ..."
2. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... amaryllis family. Chiefly perennial and glabrous herbs, with leaves and scape
from a bulb, corm, etc., the leaves nerved from the base, and rarely with ..."
3. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan (1917)
"... adapted itself to please its benefactors, the little green flesh-flies so
commonly seen about untidy butcher shops in summer. amaryllis family ..."
4. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"... amaryllis family. Chiefly perennial and glabrous herbs, with leaves and scape
from a bulb, corm, etc., the leaves nerved from the base, and rarely with ..."
5. Tropical Fibres: Their Production and Economic Extraction by Ephraim George Squier (1863)
"1st, the Agave or amaryllis family; 2d, the Bromelia or pineapple family; 3d,
... I.—AGAVE, OB amaryllis family. Many of the'plants belonging to this family ..."
6. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"In general the members of the amaryllis family spring from bulbs and bear beautiful,
highly- colored flowers, many of which are highly prized in gardens and ..."
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