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Definition of Alstroemeria
1. Noun. Any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Alstroemeria
Specialized synonyms: Alstroemeria Pelegrina, Lily Of The Incas, Peruvian Lily
Definition of Alstroemeria
1. Noun. Any member of the genus ''Alstremeria'' of South American flowering plants, the Peruvian lilies. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alstroemeria
Literary usage of Alstroemeria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"Czapek' has carefully examined the process in alstroemeria. ... He holds that
the inverted leaves of alstroemeria have arisen in the course of the phyletic ..."
2. Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Flowers by William Sutherland (1871)
"alstroemeria.—This is a succulent tuberous-rooted group of very distinct aspect,
and beautifully as well as singularly coloured flowers. ..."
3. Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles: dans lequel on traite méthodiquement by Frédéric Cuvier (1816)
"... nous laissons à l'autre le nom d'alstroemeria -. c'est de ce dernier genre
que nous allons parler. Il comprend trois espèces, savoir: les alstroemeria ..."
4. Exotic Flora: Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare Or Otherwise by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1823)
"alstroemeria pulchella, Bat. Mag. t. 2353. (vix LINN.) Stem erect, scarcely
climbing, slender, weak, between two and three feet high, simple, cylindrical, ..."
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