Definition of Family Amaryllidaceae

1. Noun. Snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Amaryllidaceae

family Akeridae
family Alaudidae
family Albuginaceae
family Albulidae
family Alcedinidae
family Alcidae
family Aleyrodidae
family Alismataceae
family Alliaceae
family Alligatoridae
family Allioniaceae
family Aloeaceae
family Alopiidae
family Alstroemeriaceae
family Amaranthaceae
family Amaryllidaceae (current term)
family Ambrosiaceae
family Ambystomatidae
family Ameiuridae
family Amiidae
family Ammodytidae
family Amphioxidae
family Amphisbaenidae
family Amphiumidae
family Amygdalaceae
family Anabantidae
family Anacardiaceae
family Anarhichadidae
family Anatidae
family Ancylidae

Literary usage of Family Amaryllidaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 57 Ways to Protect Your Home Environment (& Yourself) by Rick Weinzierl (1999)
"Onion family (Amaryllidaceae): chives, leeks, onions, shallots, and garlic. • Pea family (Leguminosae): peas and all types of beans. ..."

2. A Manual of Dangerous Insects Likely to be Introduced in the United States by United States Bureau of Entomology (1918)
"(See Cucurbits.) NARCISSUS; DAFFODIL. (Narcissus spp. family Amaryllidaceae.) Flowering plants propagated from the bulbs. NARCISSUS INSECTS. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"293- NARCISSUS, a genus of bulbous plants belonging to the family Amaryllidaceae, natives of central Europe and the Mediterranean region; one species N. ..."

4. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1921)
"... much larger than the type specimen but without achenes, may belong here. Family AMARYLLIDACEAE Hymenocallis praticola Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. ..."

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