释义 |
am·a·ryl·lis \ˌaməˈrilə̇s\ noun Etymology: New Latin, probably from Latin, the name of a shepherdess in Virgil 1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Amaryllidaceae) of bulbous southern African plants having umbellate flowers with a corona of scales between the filaments — see belladonna lily 2. -es : a plant of the genus Amaryllis or of any of several related genera formerly united with it (as Hippeastrum, Sprekelia, or Vallota) |