Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Amaryllis"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Amaryllis \Am`a*ryl"lis\, n. [L. Amaryllis, Gr. ?, ?, the name
of a country girl in Theocritus and Virgil.]
1. A pastoral sweetheart.

To sport with Amaryllis in the shade. --Milton.

2. (bot.)
(a) A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty,
including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and
others.
(b) A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna
lily.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

amaryllis
n : bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers

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