Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - amaryllis
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Amaryllis
amaryllis
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 ~ 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)
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n. 1 a plant genus with a single species, Amaryllis belladonna, a bulbous lily-like plant native to S. Africa with white or rose-pink flowers (also called belladonna lily). 2 any of various related plants formerly of this genus now transferred to other genera, notably Hippeastrum. Etymology: L f. Gk Amarullis, name of a country girl ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1794, from L., from Gk. Amaryllis, typical name of a country girl (Theocritus, etc.). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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