Definition of Haemanthus coccineus

1. Noun. Spectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts; South Africa.

Exact synonyms: Cape Tulip
Group relationships: Genus Haemanthus, Haemanthus
Generic synonyms: Blood Lily

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haemanthus Coccineus

Hadramauti
Hadramautis
Hadrian
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrosauridae
Hadrurus
Hadza
Haeckel
Haeckel's gastrea theory
Haeckel's law
Haeckelian
Haeke
Haemadipsa ceylonica
Haemamoeba
Haemanthus
Haemanthus coccineus
Haemaphysalis
Haemaphysalis chordeilis
Haemaphysalis cinnabarina
Haemaphysalis cinnabarina punctata
Haemaphysalis concinna
Haemaphysalis leachi
Haemaphysalis leporis-palustris
Haemaphysalis spinigera
Haematobia
Haematobia irritans
Haematopinus
Haematopodidae
Haematopus
Haematoxylum

Literary usage of Haemanthus coccineus

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

1. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"... haemanthus coccineus. Sp. pl. 412. Scarlet Haemanthus, or Blood-flower. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. Cult. 1731, by Mr. Philip Miller. ..."

2. An introduction to botany by John Lindley (1835)
"Some other remarkable species: haemanthus coccineus, Amaryllis toxicaria, Testudinaria montana and Elephantopus, Podo- carpus elongatus, ..."

3. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1847)
"... gardener to the Duke of d'Aremberg, were some pretty orchids and plants of achimenes, together with Clerodendron frag- rans, haemanthus coccineus, ..."

4. An Auto-biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart., Late of the Admiralty by John Barrow (1847)
"... perhaps peculiar to the Cape—the haemanthus coccineus, with its pair of broad stemless leaves and deep blood-coloured flower, conspicuously enlivening ..."

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