Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Bloodflower

Blood′flowˊer

,

Noun.

[From the color of the flower.]

(Bot.)

A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named

Hæmanthus

, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of

Hæmanthus toxicarius

is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows.