amaryllisn.

/æməˈrɪlɪs/

Etymology: adopted by Linnæus, < Latin Amaryllis, < Greek Ἀμαρυλλίς, name of a country-girl in Theocritus, Ovid, and Virgil.

Bot.

A genus of autumn-flowering bulbous plants, typical of the family Amaryllidaceæ, species of which are cultivated as garden or hot-house flowers; applied also by florists to allied genera.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > amaryllis

lily daffodil1733

belladonna lily1734

lily asphodel1753

Mexican lily1760

amaryllis1785

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xviii. 253 Amaryllis: known by its superior, bell-shaped corol of six petals.

1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches vi. 209 The large purple flowers of a species of amaryllis.

1855 Tennyson Daisy in Maud & Other Poems 138 Here and there, on sandy beaches A milky-bell'd amaryllis blew.

1866 T. Moore in J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. 48 Most of the plants called Amaryllis in gardens are now referred to Hippeastrum.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010).

单词	amaryllis
释义	amaryllisn. /æməˈrɪlɪs/ Etymology: adopted by Linnæus, < Latin Amaryllis, < Greek Ἀμαρυλλίς, name of a country-girl in Theocritus, Ovid, and Virgil. Bot. A genus of autumn-flowering bulbous plants, typical of the family Amaryllidaceæ, species of which are cultivated as garden or hot-house flowers; applied also by florists to allied genera. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > daffodil and allied flowers > amaryllis lily daffodil1733 belladonna lily1734 lily asphodel1753 Mexican lily1760 amaryllis1785 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xviii. 253 Amaryllis: known by its superior, bell-shaped corol of six petals. 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches vi. 209 The large purple flowers of a species of amaryllis. 1855 Tennyson Daisy in Maud & Other Poems 138 Here and there, on sandy beaches A milky-bell'd amaryllis blew. 1866 T. Moore in J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. 48 Most of the plants called Amaryllis in gardens are now referred to Hippeastrum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < n.1785
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