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Definition of Genus Amaryllis

1. Noun. Type genus of the Amaryllidaceae; bulbous flowering plants of southern Africa.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Amaryllis

Literary usage of Genus Amaryllis

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

1. Journal of Science and the Arts by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1817)
"... and with which they imagine the fortune of the family is connected. ART. XIII. A Review of the genus Amaryllis. By JoHN BELLENDEN KER, ..."

2. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1824)
"justly observes, " that the old genus Amaryllis contains the rudiment of several genera, cannot be doubted ; but the principles upon which they are to be ..."

3. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by David Brewster (1824)
"justly observes, " that the old genus Amaryllis contains the rudiment of several genera, cannot be doubted; but the principles upon which they are to be ..."

4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"A species of this genus. Amaryllis formosissima, was brought to Europe from South America in the end of the seventeenth century, and has since been in ..."

5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Most of the species were first described in the genus Amaryllis, but that genus differs in its solid scape and absence of scales between the filaments. ..."

6. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Most of the species were first described in the genus Amaryllis, but that genus differs in its solid scape and absence of scales between the filaments. ..."

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