al·stroe·me·ri·a ( l str -mîr  -)n. Any of several South American perennial herbs of the genus Alstroemeria, popular as cut flowers for their showy, variously colored blooms. [New Latin, genus name, after Baron Clas Alstroemer (1736-1794), Swedish naturalist.] |
alstroemeria [ˌælstrəˈmiːrɪə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any plant of the tuberous perennial liliaceous genus Alstroemeria, originally S American, grown for their brightly coloured orchid-like flowers Also called Peruvian lily
[named by Linnaeus for his friend Baron Klas von Alstroemer]
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| Noun | 1. |  alstroemeria - any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowersliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber genus Alstroemeria - genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems; sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family Amaryllidaceae Alstroemeria pelegrina, lily of the Incas, Peruvian lily - an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers |
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