alstroemeria

al·stroe·me·ri·a

A0228300 (ăl′strə-mîr′ē-ə)n. Any of several South American perennial herbs of the genus Alstroemeria, popular as cut flowers for their showy, variously colored blooms.

---

[New Latin, genus name, after Baron Clas Alstroemer (1736-1794), Swedish naturalist.]

alstroemeria

(ˌælstrəˈmiːrɪə) n (Plants) any plant of the tuberous perennial liliaceous genus Alstroemeria, originally S American, grown for their brightly coloured orchid-like flowers. Also called: Peruvian lily [named by Linnaeus for his friend Baron Klas von Alstroemer]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

alstroemeria - any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowersliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tubergenus Alstroemeria - genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems; sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family AmaryllidaceaeAlstroemeria pelegrina, lily of the Incas, Peruvian lily - an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers