[am.a.ryl.lis] n [NL, genus name, prob. fr. L, name of a shepherdess in Virgil's Eclogues] (ca. 1794): an autumn-flowering So. African bulbous herb (Amaryllis belladonna of the family Amaryllidaceae, the amaryllis family) widely grown for its deep red to whitish umbellate flowers; also: a plant of any of several related genera (as Hippeastrum or Sprekelia)
AMARYLLIS
Meaning of AMARYLLIS in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012