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amaryllis

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am·a·ryl·lis  (m-rls)
n.
1. Any of several chiefly tropical American bulbous plants of the genus Hippeastrum grown as ornamentals for their large, showy, funnel-shaped, variously colored flowers that are grouped in umbels.
3. Any of several similar or related plants.
4. Amaryllis Used in classical pastoral poetry as a conventional name for a shepherdess.

[New Latin Amaryllis, genus name, from Latin, name of a shepherdess, from Greek Amarullis.]
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amaryllis

amaryllis
Noun
a lily-like plant with large red or white flowers and a long stalk [Amaryllis, Greek name for a shepherdess]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.amaryllisamaryllis - bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers
Amaryllidaceae, amaryllis family, family Amaryllidaceae - snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae
Amaryllis belladonna, belladonna lily, naked lady - amaryllis of South Africa often cultivated for its fragrant white or rose flowers
hippeastrum, Hippeastrum puniceum - amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers
Aztec lily, Jacobean lily, Strekelia formosissima - Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower
bulbous plant - plant growing from a bulb


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I care not for those ladies Who must be wooed and prayed; Give me kind Amaryllis, The wanton country-maid.
The average irresponsible young man who has hung about North Street on Saturday nights, walked through the meadows and round by the mill and back home past the creek on Sunday afternoons, taken his seat in the brake for the annual outing, shuffled his way through the polka at the tradesmen's ball, and generally seized all legitimate opportunities for sporting with Amaryllis in the shade, has a hundred advantages which your successful careerer lacks.
And just as the lily is repeated in the lake, or the eyes of Amaryllis in the mirror, so is the mere oral or written repetition of these forms, and sounds, and colors, and odors, and sentiments a duplicate source of de" light.
 
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