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alstroemeria
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al·stroe·me·ri·a  (lstr-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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Noun1.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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In the Valley, however, many of the plants you will want to grow -- from salvias to roses, from gardenias to alstroemerias -- must have good light.
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Dwarf alstroemerias are slowly becoming available and these will definitely be hot sellers.
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In Southern California, only hybrid evergreen alstroemerias, generally in the pink to purple color range, and only about 2 feet tall, are sold.
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