amaryllis family

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amaryllis family - snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the LiliaceaeAmaryllidaceae, family Amaryllidaceaeliliid monocot family - family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistilsLiliales, order Liliales - an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceaeamaryllis - bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowersgenus Amaryllis - type genus of the Amaryllidaceae; bulbous flowering plants of southern AfricaBomarea, genus Bomarea - large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceaegenus Haemanthus, Haemanthus - genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood liliesgenus Hippeastrum - bulbous flowering plants of tropical Americagenus Narcissus - Old World perennial bulbous herbsgenus Strekelia, Strekelia - a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family