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Definition of Genus haemanthus
1. Noun. Genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies.
Exact synonyms: Haemanthus
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllis Family, Family Amaryllidaceae
Member holonyms: Blood Lily, Cape Tulip, Haemanthus Coccineus
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllis Family, Family Amaryllidaceae
Member holonyms: Blood Lily, Cape Tulip, Haemanthus Coccineus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Haemanthus
Literary usage of Genus haemanthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natal Plants: Descriptions and Figures of Natal Indigenous Plants, with by John Medley Wood, Maurice Smethurst Evans (1899)
"The genus Haemanthus or " Blood Flower " includes some 45 species, all but 3 of
which are natives of Tropical and South Africa, and 11 or 1 2 of them are ..."
2. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous by William Herbert (1837)
"... in order to establish whether they are symptomatic or unimportant features;
but when I consider the graduated diversity of form in the genus Haemanthus, ..."
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