alstroemeria

al·stroe·me·ri·a

 (ăl′strə-mîr′ē-ə)

n.

Any of several South American perennial herbs of the genus Alstroemeria, popular as cut flowers for their showy, variously colored blooms.

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[New Latin, genus name, after Baron Clas Alstroemer (1736-1794), Swedish naturalist.]

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alstroemeria

(ˌælstrəˈmiːrɪə)

n

(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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alstroemeria - any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers liliaceous 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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