amaryllidaceous

American

[am-uh-ril-i-dey-shuhs] / ˌæm əˌrɪl ɪˈdeɪ ʃəs /

adjective

belonging to the plant family Amaryllidaceae.

amaryllidaceous British

/ ˌæməˌrɪlɪˈdeɪʃəs /

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Amaryllidaceae, a family of widely cultivated flowering plants having bulbs and including the amaryllis, snowdrop, narcissus, and daffodil

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Etymology

Origin of amaryllidaceous

1830–40; < New Latin Amaryllidace ( ae ) ( amaryllid-, stem of amaryllis amaryllis + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous

Example Sentences

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Early spring-flowering amaryllidaceous bulbs, with pretty drooping flowers, snow-white, having the tips of the enclosed petals green.

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Several Amaryllidaceous and Liliaceous plants are in the same predicament.

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