AMARYLLIS


Meaning of AMARYLLIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌa-mə-ˈri-ləs ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, genus name, probably from Latin, name of a shepherdess in Virgil's Eclogues

Date: circa 1794

: an autumn-flowering South 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 )

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.