noun
half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers
• Syn: ↑Bessera elegans
• Hypernyms: ↑flower
• Member Holonyms: ↑Bessera, ↑genus Bessera
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noun plural but singular or plural in construction : a half-hardy Mexican bulbous herb (Bessera elegans) of the family Liliaceae that is often cultivated for its showy red and white flowers
Useful english dictionary. 2012.