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Definition of Genus hippeastrum

1. Noun. Bulbous flowering plants of tropical America.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hippeastrum

Literary usage of Genus hippeastrum

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

1. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1900)
"The genus Hippeastrum has been used for attempted crosses with other genera from warm countries, ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"V. purpurea is a S. African representative of the American genus Hippeastrum, popularly known as "amaryllis. ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"... is a South African representative of the American genus Hippeastrum, popularly known as "Amaryllis." It is a bulbous plant with large, red, ..."

4. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society (1902)
"The genus Hippeastrum comprises thirty-eight distinct species and several varietal forms, mostly of South American origin ..."

5. How Plants are Trained to Work for Man by Luther Burbank (1921)
"genus Hippeastrum. Properly speaking, this genus should not be called amaryllis, as that name belongs to an allied genus with which we shall make ..."

6. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1909)
"In the genus Hippeastrum, in Corydalis as shown by Professor Hilde- brand, in various orchids as shown by Mr. Scott and Fritz Muller, all the individuals ..."

7. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"In the genus Hippeastrum, in Corydalis as shown by Professor Hilde- brand, in various orchids as shown by Mr. Scott and Fritz Muller, all the individuals ..."

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