Definition of Haemanthus

1. Noun. Genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Haemanthus

Hadhramautis
Hadramauti
Hadramautis
Hadrian
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrosauridae
Hadrurus
Hadza
Haeckel
Haeckel's gastrea theory
Haeckel's law
Haeckelian
Haeke
Haemadipsa ceylonica
Haemamoeba
Haemanthus
Haemanthus coccineus
Haemaphysalis
Haemaphysalis chordeilis
Haemaphysalis cinnabarina
Haemaphysalis cinnabarina punctata
Haemaphysalis concinna
Haemaphysalis leachi
Haemaphysalis leporis-palustris
Haemaphysalis spinigera
Haematobia
Haematobia irritans
Haematopinus
Haematopodidae
Haematopus

Literary usage of Haemanthus

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

1. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"Scarlet haemanthus, or Blood-flower. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. Cult. ... Linn.fl- haemanthus ciliaris. Sp. pl. 413. Amaryllis ciliaris. ..."

2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Spear-leaved haemanthus. p. 31. I. 60. Nat. of ihe Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Fr. Masson. Introd. ... 27-' Keel-leaved haemanthus. Nat. of the Cape of Good. ..."

3. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous by William Herbert (1837)
"haemanthus vaginatus Thunb. Flor. Cap. from its six linear leaves, ... That of haemanthus has been called imperfect, but I see no imperfection in it. ..."

4. Journal of Science and the Arts by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1817)
"HK haemanthus coccineus. 39. HK haemanthus puniceus. 320. ... HK haemanthus pubescens. ft. BM 1523 in note. ..."

5. Indigenous Knowledge and Its Uses in SA by Hans Normann (1996)
"We report on the collection and damage caused by the removal of two plants, haemanthus rotundifolius (Amaryllidaceae) and an unidentified Matricaria species ..."

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