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Amaryllidaceae

noun

snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae

• Syn: ↑family Amaryllidaceae, ↑amaryllis family

• Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Liliales, ↑order Liliales

• Member Meronyms:

↑amaryllis, ↑genus Amaryllis, ↑Bomarea, ↑genus Bomarea, ↑Haemanthus, ↑genus Haemanthus, ↑genus Hippeastrum, ↑genus Narcissus, ↑Strekelia, ↑genus Strekelia

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\\ˌaməˌriləˈdāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Amaryllid-, Amaryllis, type genus + -aceae

: a family of plants (order Liliales) found mostly in tropical regions and having perfect showy flowers with the tube of the perianth adnate to the ovary

Useful english dictionary. 2012.