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Definition of Hippeastrum
1. Noun. Amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers.
Generic synonyms: Amaryllis
Group relationships: Genus Hippeastrum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippeastrum
Literary usage of Hippeastrum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Floral Cabinet and Magazine of Exotic Botany by George Beauchamp Knowles, Frederic Westcott (1838)
"... the exterior ones narrower, the lower one underneath curved inwards embracing
the filaments. Stamens not projecting beyond the petals. hippeastrum ..."
2. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1822)
"hippeastrum pulverulentum. Nobis in appendice. DESCR. Bulb four inches in diameter
or larger, bearing blind offsets, which is perhaps peculiar to some of ..."
3. The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits by Robert Hogg (1870)
"... with very large flowers, having broad expanded perianth segments, which mark
it out as distinct from the ordinary garden forms of hippeastrum, ..."
4. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1900)
"The genus hippeastrum has been used for attempted crosses with other ...
hippeastrum has failed to produce healthy progeny with Olivias of South Africa. ..."
5. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society (1902)
"I wish now to make a plea for my favorite bulbous plant, the hippeastrum, or
so-called amaryllis. I cannot understand why these plants are not more ..."
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