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blood lily

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blood lily
n.
Any of several African bulbous plants of the genus Haemanthus grown for their dense clusters of red, white, or pink flowers with protruding stamens.
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Noun1.blood lily - any of various deciduous or evergreen herbs of the genus Haemanthus; South Africa and Namibia
genus Haemanthus, Haemanthus - genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies
Cape tulip, Haemanthus coccineus - spectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts; South Africa
bulbous plant - plant growing from a bulb


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