1. Any of several chiefly tropical American bulbous plants of the genus Hippeastrum grown as ornamentals for their large, showy, funnel-shaped, variously colored flowers that are grouped in umbels. 2. See belladonna lily. 3. Any of several similar or related plants. 4.Amaryllis Used in classical pastoral poetry as a conventional name for a shepherdess.
ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin Amaryllis, genus name, from Latin, name of a shepherdess, from Greek Amarullis.
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