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Webster 1913 Edition
Amaryllis
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Amˊa-ryl′lis
,Noun.
[L.
Amaryllis
, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], the name of a country girl in Theocritus and Virgil.] 1.
A pastoral sweetheart.
To sport with
Amaryllis
in the shade. Milton.
2.
(bot.)
(a)
A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and others.
(b)
A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna lily.
Webster 1828 Edition
Amaryllis
AMARYL'LIS
,Noun.
In botany, lily-daffodil, a genus of liliaceous plants of several species, which are cultivated in gardens for the beauty of their flowers.
Definition 2025
Amaryllis
Amaryllis
See also: amaryllis
Translingual
Proper noun
Amaryllis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – includes the belladonna lily, Amaryllis belladonna.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Asparagales - order; Amaryllidaceae - family; Amaryllidoideae - subfamily; Amaryllideae - tribe; Amaryllidinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Amaryllis belladonna, Amaryllis paradisicola - species
See also
amaryllis
amaryllis
See also: Amaryllis
English
Noun
amaryllis (plural amaryllises)
- The belladonna lily, Amaryllis belladonna, native to South Africa.
- A similar lily in genus Hippeastrum, such as Hippeastrum puniceum, and cultivars.
Synonyms
- (Amaryllis belladona): naked lady, Jersey lily, amarillo, March lily (South Africa)
Usage notes
The plural amaryllides also exists, but is obsolete.
Translations
the belladonna lily Amaryllis belladonna
Finnish
Noun
amaryllis
Declension
| Inflection of amaryllis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | amaryllis | amaryllikset | |
| genitive | amarylliksen | amaryllisten amarylliksien |
|
| partitive | amaryllistä | amarylliksiä | |
| illative | amaryllikseen | amarylliksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | amaryllis | amaryllikset | |
| accusative | nom. | amaryllis | amaryllikset |
| gen. | amarylliksen | ||
| genitive | amarylliksen | amaryllisten amarylliksien |
|
| partitive | amaryllistä | amarylliksiä | |
| inessive | amarylliksessä | amarylliksissä | |
| elative | amarylliksestä | amarylliksistä | |
| illative | amaryllikseen | amarylliksiin | |
| adessive | amarylliksellä | amarylliksillä | |
| ablative | amaryllikseltä | amarylliksiltä | |
| allative | amaryllikselle | amarylliksille | |
| essive | amarylliksenä | amarylliksinä | |
| translative | amaryllikseksi | amarylliksiksi | |
| instructive | — | amarylliksin | |
| abessive | amarylliksettä | amarylliksittä | |
| comitative | — | amarylliksineen | |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ma.ʁi.lis/, /a.ma.ʁi.li/
Noun
amaryllis m (plural amaryllis)