Guernsey lily

American  

noun

1. a bulbous plant, Nerine sarniensis, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of crimson flowers.

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Guernsey lily British  

noun

1. See nerine

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Etymology

Origin of Guernsey lily

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

The many miscarriages that happen to the Guernsey Lily, are by letting the leaves be killed by the fierceness of the frost in Winter, or by cutting them off, as some people do, when they are green, which will so much weaken the plants, that they may keep them twenty years and not have them blow; by the above management, where there is a stock, there will be continually some blowing.

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Footnote 22: The Guernsey lily from Japan has its name from the Island of Guernsey, on which some roots of it were cast by a wrecked vessel.

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Of the flowers, both indigenous and exotic, that abound throughout the islands, it is sufficient to mention the Guernsey lily with its rich red petals, which is supposed to have been brought from Japan.

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Nerine Mansellii, a new variety of the Guernsey Lily, was one of the loveliest flowers at the show.

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From the common Guernsey Lily it differs only in color of the flowers.

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