单词 | blood lily |
释义 | > as lemmasblood lily blood lily n. any of several red-flowered bulbous plants of or formerly included in the southern African genus Haemanthus (family Amaryllidaceae); esp. H. coccineus and H. sanguinea, both commonly grown as ornamentals; cf. blood flower n. (b). ΚΠ 1877 E. C. Brewer Errors of Speech & Spelling 427 Hæmanthus.., the blood lily. 1960 Corpus Christi (Texas) Times 8 Apr. 6 c/5 Perhaps the strangest lily we have known is the blood lily, a bulb-plant of the amaryllis family hailing from Africa. 2003 F. Tenenbaum Encycl. Garden Plants 183/3 Considering the common name ‘blood lily’, it's not surprising Haemanthus species produce exotic looking blooms. < as lemmas |
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