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Haemanthus

noun

genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies

• Syn: ↑genus Haemanthus

• Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Amaryllidaceae, ↑family Amaryllidaceae, ↑amaryllis family

• Member Meronyms: ↑blood lily, ↑Cape tulip, ↑Haemanthus coccineus

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\\hēˈman(t)thəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from hem- + -anthus; from the color of some of the flowers

: a genus of African bulbous herbs (family Amaryllidaceae) comprising the blood lilies and having flowers in a dense head with a whorl of colored spathes

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Haemanˈthus noun

(Gr anthos flower) the blood-flower, a S African amaryllid

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Main Entry: ↑haem-

Useful english dictionary. 2012.