n.
Pronunciation: ˌ a-m ə - ' ri-l ə s
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, genus name, probably from Latin, name of a shepherdess in Virgil's Eclogues
Date: circa 1794
: an autumn-flowering So. African bulbous herb ( Amaryllis belladonna of the family Amaryllidaceae, the amaryllis family) widely grown for its large deep red to whitish umbellate flowers also : a plant of any of several related genera (as Hippeastrum or Sprekelia )