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| am·a·ryl·lis [ àmmə rílləss ] (plural am·a·ryl·lis·es or am·a·ryl·lis) |
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1. S African plant: a plant grown from a bulb. Flowers: large, red, pink, or white, trumpet-shaped, at the head of a single stalk. Native to: southern Africa. Latin name Amaryllis belladonna.
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2. tropical American plant: a tropical American plant related to the southern African amaryllis. Genus Hippeastrum.
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| [Late 18th century. Via modern Latin< Greek Amarullis, shepherdess in pastorals] |
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