| n. | 1. | a family of flowering plants including the snowdrop, narcissus, and daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Amaryllidaceae - snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceaeliliid monocot family - family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils Liliales, order Liliales - an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae amaryllis - bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers genus Amaryllis - type genus of the Amaryllidaceae; bulbous flowering plants of southern Africa Bomarea, genus Bomarea - large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae genus Haemanthus, Haemanthus - genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies genus Hippeastrum - bulbous flowering plants of tropical America genus Narcissus - Old World perennial bulbous herbs genus Strekelia, Strekelia - a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family |
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